Basic materials stocks edge higher
Basic materials stocks were trading in green, with the BSE Commodities index increasing 80.26 points or 1.03% at 7861.02 at 09:47 IST.
Among the components of the BSE Commodities index, S H Kelkar & Company Ltd (up 12.11%), Epigral Ltd (up 6.98%),Lloyds Enterprises Ltd (up 4.99%),National Aluminium Company Ltd (up 4.85%),Platinum Industries Ltd (up 4.81%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were NMDC Ltd (up 4.57%), Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem Ltd (up 4.42%), Dhanuka Agritech Ltd (up 4.31%), Fineotex Chemical Ltd (up 3.97%), and Oriental Aromatics Ltd (up 3.66%).
On the other hand, Agarwal Industrial Corporation Ltd (down 1.66%), Gravita India Ltd (down 1.38%), and Prism Johnson Ltd (down 1.2%) turned lower.
At 09:47 IST, the BSE SmallCap was up 164.48 or 0.29% at 57661.94.
The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was up 38.75 points or 0.23% at 17158.27.
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The Nifty 50 index was up 16.55 points or 0.06% at 25955.6.
The BSE Sensex index was up 60.99 points or 0.07% at 84989.6.
On BSE,1960 shares were trading in green, 1230 were trading in red and 132 were unchanged.
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First Published: Sep 24 2024 | 10:00 AM IST