Utilties shares gain

Utilties stocks were trading in the positive zone, with the S&P BSE Utilities index rising 28.91 points or 1% at 2917.46 at 09:47 IST.

Among the components of the S&P BSE Utilities index, Adani Transmission Ltd (up 5%), Adani Green Energy Ltd (up 5%),Waaree Renewables Technologies Ltd (up 2.72%),KPI Green Energy Ltd (up 1.09%),Gujarat Industries Power Co Ltd (up 0.41%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Orient Green Power Company Ltd (up 0.35%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (up 0.34%), Adani Power Ltd (up 0.27%), NHPC Ltd (up 0.12%), and Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd (up 0.08%).

On the other hand, JSW Energy Ltd (down 1.15%), NLC India Ltd (down 1.06%), and Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd (down 1.05%) moved lower.

At 09:47 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 28.22 or 0.05% at 57897.06.

The Nifty 50 index was down 39.9 points or 0.23% at 17037.

The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 50.28 points or 0.19% at 27089.65.

The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was down 27.88 points or 0.33% at 8508.27.

On BSE,1359 shares were trading in green, 1326 were trading in red and 106 were unchanged.

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