Market Now: BSE Power index up; JSW Energy, Adani Power among top gainers

NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Power index was trading 0.53 per cent up at 2,270 around 10:25 am (IST) on Friday, with shares of GMR Infrastructure (up 3.86 per cent), JSW Energy (up 2.84 per cent) and Adani Power (up 1.90 per cent) as the top gainers.

Shares of CESC (up 1.65 per cent), ABB India (up 1.62 per cent), Suzlon Energy (up 1.35 per cent), Torrent Power (up 1.35 per cent), CG Power and Industrial Solutions (up 1.18 per cent), PTC India (up 1.13 per cent) and Siemens (up 1.08 per cent) gained over 1 per cent in the BSE Power index.

However, shares of Power Grid Corporation of India (down 0.20 per cent) and NTPC (down 0.03 per cent) were trading slightly lower around that time.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 102 points at 10,354, while the BSE Sensex was 311 points up at 33,558.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 46 were trading in the green, while 4 were in the red.

HDFC Bank, Coal India, Bajaj Auto, Adani Ports, Larsen & Toubro, Sun Pharma and Tata Steel were among the top gainers in the Sensex index.