Power stocks gain
Power stocks were trading with gains, with the S&P BSE Power index increasing 40.45 points or 1.7% at 2421.39 at 09:49 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Power index, Adani Transmission Ltd (up 2.9%), Adani Power Ltd (up 2.46%),Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (up 2.16%),Tata Power Company Ltd (up 1.98%),Torrent Power Ltd (up 1.86%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Adani Green Energy Ltd (up 1.84%), NTPC Ltd (up 1.56%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (up 1.44%), NHPC Ltd (up 1.06%), and Siemens Ltd (up 0.64%).
On the other hand, Thermax Ltd (down 0.11%), turned lower.
At 09:49 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 384.38 or 0.8% at 48333.8.
The Nifty 50 index was up 112.7 points or 0.78% at 14472.15.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 299.67 points or 1.45% at 20973.74.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 106.21 points or 1.57% at 6866.59.
On BSE,1730 shares were trading in green, 431 were trading in red and 80 were unchanged.
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First Published: Apr 20 2021 | 10:00 AM IST