Share market update: BSE Power index up; Suzlon Energy surges 19%

NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Power index was up with its components trading higher in Friday's afternoon session.

Shares of Suzlon Energy (up 18.96 per cent), Reliance Infrastructure (up 9.20 per cent), KEC International (up 1.74 per cent) and GMR Infrastructure (up 1.55 per cent) were trading higher.

Bharat Heavy Electricals (up 1.51 per cent), NTPC (up 1.17 per cent), JSW Energy (up 0.99 per cent) and Adani Transmission (up 0.92 per cent) too were in the green.


The S&P BSE Power index was trading 0.89 per cent up at 1809.04 around 12:10 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 8.85 points at 10,781 while the BSE Sensex was down 57.08 points at 35,841.27.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 34 were trading in the green, while 15 were in the red.

Shares of Reliance Communications, Suzlon Energy, Reliance Power, Kotak Bank, JP Associates, Reliance Infra, YES Bank, Dish TV India, Reliance Capital, CG Power, Adani Power, DHFL, Ashok Leyland, GMR Infra, Strides Shasun and Allahabad Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.