Share market update: BSE Power index up; Reliance Infra climbs over 4%

NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Power index was up with its components trading higher in Thursday's session.

Shares of Reliance Infrastructure (up 4.59 per cent), CG Power and Industrial Solutions (up 2.39 per cent), KEC International (up 2.32 per cent), and Adani Transmission (up 2.00 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

CESC (up 1.98 per cent), Power Grid Corporation of India (up 1.48 per cent), Tata Power Company (up 1.33 per cent) and GMR Infrastructure (up 1.15 per cent) too were trading in the green.

The S&P BSE Power index was trading 0.90 per cent up at 2025.68 around 11:50 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 55.55 points at 11,781.70 while the BSE Sensex was up 155.62 points at 39,210.30.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red.

Shares of Reliance Communications, Reliance Power, Suzlon Energy, PC Jeweller, YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Indiabulls RE, CG Power, Reliance Capital, DHFL, GMR Infra, Tata Motors, Dish TV India, Jet Airways, Reliance Infra, IDFC First Bank and Alkem Laboratories were among the most traded shares on the NSE.