Stock market update: Cement stocks mixed; Andhra Cements jumps over 4%

NEW DELHI: Shares of cement producers were trading mixed in Friday's afternoon trade.

Shares of Andhra Cements (up 4.37 per cent), NCL Industries (up 2.91 per cent), Shiva Cement (up 1.44 per cent), Udaipur Cement Works (up 1.19 per cent) and Orient Cement (up 1.18 per cent) gained up to 5 per cent.

While Kakatiya Cements Sugar & Industries (down 2.64 per cent), Burnpur Cement (down 1.99 per cent), Saurashtra Cement (down 1.98 per cent), Sanghi Industries (down 1.87 per cent) and Shree Digvijay Cement (down 1.20 per cent) were among the top losers.


The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 3.80 points down at 10,979.0, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 11.75 points at 37,116.03 at around 11:00 am.

Titan Company (up 2.79 per cent), ICICI Bank (up 1.04 per cent), Hindustan Unilever (up 1.01 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 0.88 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India (up 0.70 per cent) were among top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, YES Bank (down 4.42 per cent), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (down 2.00 per cent), Indiabulls Housing Finance (down 1.88 per cent), Tata Steel (down 1.37 per cent), Grasim Industries (down 1.29 per cent) were trading in the red.