Utilties stocks rise
Utilties stocks were trading with gains, with the S&P BSE Utilities index increasing 41.84 points or 2.04% at 2090.94 at 09:48 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Utilities index, Indraprastha Gas Ltd (up 5.4%), Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (up 4.97%),Mahanagar Gas Ltd (up 4.46%),GAIL (India) Ltd (up 4.35%),GE T&D India Ltd (up 2.61%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd (up 2.16%), Va Tech Wabag Ltd (up 1.94%), Adani Power Ltd (up 1.93%), Indian Energy Exchange Ltd (up 1.74%), and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (up 1.48%).
On the other hand, Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd (down 4.76%), and Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (down 0.16%) turned lower.
At 09:48 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 5.02 or 0.01% at 51698.81.
The Nifty 50 index was up 12.2 points or 0.08% at 15221.1.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 187.19 points or 0.94% at 20070.48.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 39.97 points or 0.59% at 6778.22.
On BSE,1426 shares were trading in green, 740 were trading in red and 106 were unchanged.
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First Published: Feb 18 2021 | 10:00 AM IST