Share market update: Power shares gain; BHEL climbs 4%

NEW DELHI: The BSE Power index was up in Monday's morning session.

Shares of Bharat Heavy Electricals (up 3.69 per cent), ABB India Ltd (up 1.8 per cent), Adani Transmissions (up 1.56 per cent), KEC International (up 1.34 per cent), Kalpataru Power Transmission (up 1.19 per cent), JSW Energy (up 1.02 per cent), Tata Power Company (up 0.76 per cent), Power Grid Corporation of India (up 0.55 per cent), Torrent Power (up 0.42 per cent), NHPC (up 0.21 per cent) and NTPC (up 0.12 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The S&P BSE Power index was trading 0.4 per cent up at 1960.36 around 10:51 am.


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 64.80 points at 12,321.60, while the BSE Sensex was up 239.85 points at 41839.57.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 35 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Adani Power, SAIL, Infosys, Indiabulls RE, Tata Motors, L&T Fin Holding, Edelweiss Fin and SBI were among the most traded shares on the NSE.