Share market update: Nifty Energy index down; HPCL slips 2%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Energy index was trading in the red in Friday's morning session.

Shares of HPCL (down 1.82 per cent), Adani Transmissions (down 1.53 per cent), Power Grid Corporation of India (down 1.26 per cent), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (down 1.24 per cent), NTPC (down 0.82 per cent), Tata Power Company (down 0.34 per cent) and Reliance Industries (down 0.1 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

While GAIL (India) (up 2.79 per cent), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (up 2.07 per cent) and Indian Oil Corporation (up 0.16 per cent) were among the top gainers.


The Nifty Energy index was trading 0.17 per cent down at 16101.1 around 11:16 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty-50 index was down 37.50 points at 12244.7, while the BSE Sensex was 118.11 points at 41508.53.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 12 were trading in the green, while 38 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, GMR Infra, Tata Motors, Vodafone Idea, SAIL, ONGC, Indiabulls Housing Finance, GAIL, NBCC and Zee Entertainment were among the most traded shares on the NSE.