Power stocks spurt
Power stocks were trading with gains, with the S&P BSE Power index increasing 31.01 points or 1.55% at 2035.02 at 09:48 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Power index, NHPC Ltd (up 16.53%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (up 3.93%),Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd (up 0.72%),K E C International Ltd (up 0.57%),Thermax Ltd (up 0.46%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Adani Transmission Ltd (up 0.4%), and NTPC Ltd (up 0.29%).
On the other hand, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (down 1.41%), Tata Power Company Ltd (down 0.81%), and Adani Power Ltd (down 0.39%) turned lower.
At 09:48 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 7.62 or 0.02% at 41937.75.
The Nifty 50 index was up 1.8 points or 0.01% at 12354.15.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 25.71 points or 0.17% at 14734.41.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 3.09 points or 0.06% at 5044.98.
On BSE,888 shares were trading in green, 702 were trading in red and 82 were unchanged.
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First Published: Jan 20 2020 | 10:00 AM IST