Share market update: BSE Capital Goods index rises; L&T up nearly 2%

NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Capital Goods index was trading higher in Tuesday's afternoon session.

The S&P BSE Capital Goods index was trading 1.12 per cent up at 18,589.17 around 12:13 pm.

Shares of Larsen & Toubro (up 1.85 per cent), Finolex Cables (up 1.49 per cent), Elgi Equipments (up 1.14 per cent) and Suzlon Energy (up 0.95 per cent) were trading higher.


Graphite India (up 0.75 per cent), Kalpataru Power Transmissions (up 0.65 per cent), Bharat Heavy Electricals (up 0.65 per cent) and Siemens (up 0.52 per cent) too were trading with gains.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 87.85 points at 11,778.20 while the BSE Sensex was up 323.42 points at 39,229.26.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 40 were trading in the green, while 10 were in the red.

Shares of PC Jeweller, Reliance Communications, Suzlon Energy, DHFL, Vodafone Idea, Infibeam Avenues, Max India, Tata Motors, Reliance Power, Ashok Leyland, Vakrangee, Syngene International, Indiabulls RE, Adani Power, Jet Airways, BHEL, PNB, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company, Adani Green Energy and DLF were among the most traded shares on the NSE.