Share market update: BSE Capital Goods index up; HEG surges 6%

NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Capital Goods index was up in Thursday's afternoon session.

Shares of HEG (up 6.27 per cent), Graphite India (up 4.30 per cent), Larsen & Toubro (up 1.61 per cent) and Bharat Electronics (up 1.03 per cent) were trading with gains.

Dilip Buildcon (down 3.95 per cent), Carborundum Universal (down 1.88 per cent), Finolex Cables (down 1.68 per cent) and AIA Engineering (down 1.65 per cent) were trading lower.


The S&P BSE Capital Goods index was trading 0.83 per cent up at 18,180.40 around 12:22 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 4.75 points at 11,752.90 while the BSE Sensex was up 55.05 points at 39,086.60.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.

Shares of Reliance Power, YES Bank, Jet Airways, Ashok Leyland, Reliance Capital, Vodafone Idea, ITC, Reliance Infra, Reliance Communications, Suzlon Energy, Adani Power, DHFL, PC Jeweller, PNB, IDFC First Bank, Tata Motors, Vakrangee, Infosys, SAIL and SBI were among the most traded shares on the NSE.