Stock market update: Cement shares edge higher; HeidelbergCement India climbs 2%

NEW DELHI: Shares of cement producers were trading with gains in Wednesday's morning trade.

Shares of HeidelbergCement India (up 1.63 per cent), Sanghi Industries (up 1.19 per cent), Kakatiya Cements Sugar & Industries (up 0.82 per cent), ACC (up 0.77 per cent), Ambuja Cements (up 0.72 per cent), UltraTech Cement (up 0.40 per cent) and Shree Digvijay Cement (up 0.30 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Sagar Cements (down 1.67 per cent), Dalmia Bharat (down 1.65 per cent), Gujarat Sidhee Cement (down 1.35 per cent) and Star Cement (down 1.34 per cent) were among the top losers.


The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 14.80 points up at 10,832.4, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 72.66 points at 36,553.75 around 10:44 am.

JSW Steel (up 2.50 per cent), Tata Steel (up 2.46 per cent), Bajaj Finance (up 2.31 per cent), Vedanta (up 1.69 per cent), Bajaj Finserv (up 1.67 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 1.39 per cent) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, YES Bank (down 3.53 per cent), Britannia Industries (down 2.85 per cent), UPL (down 2.20 per cent), Eicher Motors (down 2.01 per cent) and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation (down 1.66 per cent) were trading in the red.