Utilties shares gain
Utilties stocks were trading in the positive zone, with the S&P BSE Utilities index rising 8.56 points or 0.61% at 1411.79 at 09:54 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Utilities index, Torrent Power Ltd (up 1.58%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (up 1.19%),Tata Power Company Ltd (up 1.13%),Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd (up 0.85%),NTPC Ltd (up 0.82%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Va Tech Wabag Ltd (up 0.81%), PTC India Ltd (up 0.63%), GAIL (India) Ltd (up 0.61%), NHPC Ltd (up 0.51%), and Indraprastha Gas Ltd (up 0.48%).
On the other hand, Mahanagar Gas Ltd (down 1.74%), Rattanindia Power Ltd (down 1.04%), and Indian Energy Exchange Ltd (down 0.44%) moved lower.
At 09:54 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 28.57 or 0.07% at 39756.98.
The Nifty 50 index was up 29.15 points or 0.25% at 11709.5.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 5.17 points or 0.04% at 14638.78.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 4.64 points or 0.1% at 4855.63.
On BSE,1126 shares were trading in green, 560 were trading in red and 105 were unchanged.
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First Published: Oct 16 2020 | 10:00 AM IST