Stock market update: Cement shares edge higher; Keerthi Industries jumps 5%

NEW DELHI: Most of the cement stocks were in the green in Friday's afternoon trade.

Shares of Keerthi Industries (up 4.86 per cent), Mangalam Cement (up 2.98 per cent), Kakatiya Cements Sugar & Industries (up 2.42 per cent), JK Lakshmi Cement (up 2.05 per cent), Birla Corporation (up 1.72 per cent), The Ramco Cements Ltd (up 1.50 per cent), K C P (up 0.96 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Barak Valley Cements (down 5.00 per cent), Saurashtra Cement (down 3.42 per cent) and Sanghi Industries (down 2.49 per cent) were among the top losers.


The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 3.45 points down at 11,874.0, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 16.34 points at 40,112.71 at around 11:04 am.

Zee Entertainment Enterprises (up 8.54 per cent), Bharti Infratel (up 4.90 per cent), IndusInd Bank (up 4.05 per cent), Indiabulls Housing Finance (up 3.85 per cent) and Bajaj Finserv (up 3.14 per cent) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, YES Bank (down 3.20 per cent), Indian Oil Corporation (down 3.10 per cent), Tata Consultancy Services (down 2.39 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra (down 1.70 per cent), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (down 1.48 per cent) were trading in the red.