Stock market update: Sugar stocks surge; Indian Sucrose jumps 5%

NEW DELHI: Shares of sugar firms were in the green in Thursday's morning trade.

Shares of Indian Sucrose (up 4.72 per cent), Bajaj Hindusthan (up 2.15 per cent), Vishwaraj Sugar Industries (up 2.04 per cent), Avadh Sugar (up 1.27 per cent), Magadh Sugar (up 1.21 per cent), Uttam Sugar Mills (up 0.97 per cent) and EID Parry (up 0.87 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Mawana Sugars (down 1.76 per cent), Dhampur Sugar Mills (down 0.93 per cent) and Shree Renuka Sugars (down 0.92 per cent) were among the top losers.


The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 44.40 points up at 11,954.55, while the 30share BSE Sensex was up 143.27 points at 40,555.84 at around 09:31 am.

Tata Motors (up 2.57 per cent), Tata Motors(DVR) (up 2.21 per cent), Tata Steel (up 1.83 per cent), Vedanta (up 1.62 per cent) and IndusInd Bank (up 1.49 per cent) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (down 1.25 per cent), Bharti Airtel (down 0.56 per cent), Infosys (down 0.25 per cent) and Power Grid Corporation of India (down 0.14 per cent) were trading in the red.