Basic materials stocks edge higher
Basic materials stocks were trading in green, with the S&P BSE Basic Materials index increasing 64.1 points or 1.1% at 5902.5 at 09:51 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Basic Materials index, GOCL Corporation Ltd (up 9.19%), JSW Ispat Special Products Ltd (up 7.81%),Jindal Stainless Ltd (up 5.9%),Best Agrolife Ltd (up 5.54%),Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd (up 5.44%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd (up 4.99%), Hindustan Copper Ltd (up 4.44%), Tata Steel Long Products Ltd (up 4.2%), Tata Steel Ltd (up 4.1%), and Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (up 3.95%).
On the other hand, Laxmi Organic Industries Ltd (down 2.21%), Camlin Fine Sciences Ltd (down 2.17%), and Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals Corp Ltd (down 2%) turned lower.
At 09:51 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 115.42 or 0.19% at 61265.46.
The Nifty 50 index was up 42.1 points or 0.23% at 18254.45.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 115.22 points or 0.38% at 30761.46.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 21.59 points or 0.24% at 9172.67.
On BSE,1675 shares were trading in green, 1292 were trading in red and 104 were unchanged.
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First Published: Jan 13 2022 | 10:01 AM IST