Share market update: BSE Power index up 1%; Power Grid, NTPC shine

NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Power index was trading 1.27 per cent up at 1960.54 on Monday with its components trading on a mixed note.

Shares of Power Grid Corporation of India (up 3.67 per cent), Bharat Heavy Electricals (up 1.95 per cent), NTPC (up 1.78 per cent) and KEC International (up 1.58 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

ABB India (down 2.05 per cent), Tata Power Company (down 1.70 per cent), Adani Transmission (down 1.48 per cent) and Reliance Infrastructure (down 1.42 per cent) were among the top losers.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 56.80 points at 10,862.25 while the BSE Sensex was up 237.06 points at 36,199.99.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 33 were trading in the green, while 17 were in the red.

Shares of Reliance Communications, PC Jeweller, JP Associates, Tata Motors, YES Bank, Infibeam Avenues, Vedanta, Jet Airways, Indian Oil Corp, PFC, Suzlon Energy, Vakrangee, SBI, MMTC and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the National Stock Exchange.