Share market update: Cement stocks jump; Andhra Cements climbs 5%

NEW DELHI: Most cement stocks were trading with gains in Thursday's morning session.

Shares of Andhra Cements (up 4.87 per cent), Saurashtra Cement (up 4.79 per cent), Shri Keshav Cements(up 4.56 per cent), Mangalam Cement (up 2.93 per cent) and Gujarat Sidhee Cement (up 2.04 per cent) rose up to 5 per cent.

Birla Corporation (up 1.73 per cent), India Cements (up 1.71 per cent), Sanghi Industries (up 1.68 per cent) and Orient Cement (up 1.67 per cent) too were trading in the green.


The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 51.25 points up at 10,895.9, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 102.70 points at 36,827.44 at around 11:07 am.

Oil And Natural Gas Corporation (up 5.92 per cent), Coal India (up 5.38 per cent), Tata Motors (up 4.61 per cent), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (up 4.21 per cent), Indian Oil Corporation (up 3.74 per cent) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Housing Development Finance Corporation (down 1.72 per cent), ICICI Bank (down 1.55 per cent), Hindustan Unilever (down 1.09 per cent), HCL Technologies (down 0.89 per cent), Asian Paints (down 0.68 per cent) were trading in the red.