Share market update: Power shares rally; Reliance Infra jumps nearly 4%

NEW DELHI: Power shares were trading in the positive zone with the S&P BSE Power index up 0.67 per cent at 1986.80 around 12:12 pm on Friday.

Shares of Reliance Infrastructure (up 3.86 per cent), Bharat Heavy Electricals (up 2.72 per cent), JSW Energy (up 2.62 per cent) and CG Power and Industrial Solutions (up 2.38 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.
CESC (up 2.21 per cent), Siemens (up 1.91 per cent), GMR Infrastructure (up 1.56 per cent) and KEC International (up 1.06 per cent) too were trading with gains.


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 106.80 points at 10,886.60 while the BSE Sensex was up 353.16 points at 36,160.44.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 45 were trading in the green, while 4 were in the red.

Shares of Reliance Communications, JP Associates, PC Jeweller, Reliance Power, YES Bank, HDIL, NBCC, Adani Power, Jagran Prakashan, Rel Capital, BHEL, Union Bank India, Elgi Equipments, Infibeam Avenues, PNB, Suzlon Energy and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.