Share market update: BSE Capital Goods index up; NBCC rises 3%

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

Shares of Bharat Heavy Electricals (up 4.29 per cent), NBCC (India) (up 3.24 per cent), Siemens (up 2.83 per cent) and SKF India (up 2.31 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

ABB India (up 2.24 per cent), Larsen & Toubro (up 1.85 per cent), Bharat Electronics (up 1.70 per cent) and Elgi Equipments (up 1.67 per cent) too were trading higher.


The S&P BSE Capital Goods index was trading 1.56 per cent up at 18,811.81 around 11:52 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 128.40 points at 11,568.60 while the BSE Sensex was up 415.44 points at 39,008.96.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 41 were trading in the green, while 9 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, ZEEL, SBI, NBCC, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank and Indian Oil Corp were among the most traded shares on the NSE.