Share market update: BSE Capital Goods index up; BHEL climbs over 5%

NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Capital Goods index was up in Tuesday's afternoon session.

Shares of Bharat Heavy Electricals (up 5.43 per cent), CG Power and Industrial Solutions (up 4.40 per cent), Bharat Electronics (up 2.01 per cent) and NBCC (India) (up 1.90 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

Graphite India (down 4.76 per cent), GE T&D India (down 3.79 per cent), HEG (down 2.46 per cent) and Dilip Buildcon (down 2.25 per cent) were trading in the red.

The S&P BSE Capital Goods index was trading 0.50 per cent up at 17,379.55 around 12:23 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 8.40 points at 11,139.80 while the BSE Sensex was down 33.86 points at 37,056.96.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.

Shares of SAIL, BHEL, Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Suzlon Energy, Reliance Capital, PC Jeweller, IDFC First Bank, DHFL and Spicejet were among the most traded shares on the NSE.