Share market update: Infra stocks rise; NBCC jumps 6%

NEW DELHI: Shares of infrastructure companies were trading with gains in Thursday's afternoon session.

Shares of NBCC (India) (up 5.52 per cent), Bharti Infratel Ltd (up 4.27 per cent), NCC (up 4.09 per cent), Tata Power Company (up 3.2 per cent), CESC (up 3.0 per cent), Bharat Heavy Electricals (up 2.89 per cent), Engineers India (up 2.88 per cent), Interglobe Aviation (up 2.73 per cent), Larsen & Toubro (up 1.8 per cent), Torrent Power (up 1.48 per cent), Container Corporation of India (up 1.47 per cent), Siemens (up 1.33 per cent), IRB Infrastructure Developers (up 1.27 per cent), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (up 1.19 per cent), Adani Power (up 1.17 per cent), Power Grid Corporation of India (up 1.1 per cent), CG Power & Industrial Solutions (up 0.88 per cent), Bharti Airtel (up 0.51 per cent) and NHPC (up 0.42 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Infrastructure index was trading 1.36 per cent up at 3286.55 around 11:55 am.


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 154.80 points at 12180.15 , while the BSE Sensex was up 533.48 points at 41351.22 .

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 42 were trading in the green, while 8 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, SBI, GMR Infra, Tata Motors, SAIL, NBCC , Bank of Baroda and IDFC First Bank Ltd. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.