Stock market update: Sugar stocks up; Vishwaraj Sugar gains over 5%

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

Shares of Vishwaraj Sugar Industries (up 5.48 per cent), Rana Sugars (up 4.91 per cent), Bajaj Hindustan (up 3.88 per cent), Kesar Enterprise (up 3.52 per cent), Piccadily Agro Industries (up 3.50 per cent), Avadh Sugar (up 2.85 per cent) and Shree Renuka Sugars (up 2.51 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Indian Sucrose (down 3.61 per cent), KCP Sugar & Industries (down 1.83 per cent) and EID Parry (down 0.49 per cent) were among the top losers.


The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 7.40 points up at 12,094.1, while the 30share BSE Sensex was up 37.06 points at 41,046.77 at around 10:11 am.

Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 1.37 per cent), Tata Consultancy (up 1.3 per cent), Tech Mahindra (up 1.24 per cent), HCL Technologies (up 1.02 per cent) and IndusInd Bank (up 0.69 per cent) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, ITC (down 1.39 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 0.98 per cent), Tata Motors (down 0.93 per cent), Tata Motors(DVR) (down 0.89 per cent) and Yes Bank (down 0.86 per cent) were trading in the red.