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    Stock market update: Power stocks up as market rises

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    The 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 319.63 points at 67838.63

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    Nifty moved in a tight range of 82 points, and ended slightly below the psychologically crucial level of 15,700.
    NEW DELHI: Power shares closed higher in the Friday's session.

    Alstom T&D India(up 5.00%), Jyoti Structures(up 4.96%), Suzlon Energy(up 4.09%), Orient Green Power Company(up 3.61%), Karma Energy(up 3.37%), Power & Instrumentation(Gujarat)(up 3.28%), Transformers and Rectifiers(India)(up 2.44%), ADANIGREEN(up 2.30%), RTNPOWER(up 2.21%) and Reliance Power(up 2.13%) stood among the top gainers.

    SJVN(down 2.59%), NLC India(down 2.08%), KEC International(down 2.06%), JSW Energy(down 2.04%), NHPC(down 1.97%), Energy Development Company(down 1.71%), Hitachi Energy India(down 1.33%), DPSC(down 1.19%), Gujarat Industries Power(down 1.00%) and Inox Wind Energy(down 0.94%) were among the top losers of the day.

    The NSE Nifty50 index ended 89.25 points up at 20192.35, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 319.63 points at 67838.63.

    Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 5.9%), Bharti Airtel Ltd.(up 2.31%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 2.24%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 2.21%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 2.13%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 1.63%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.57%), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 1.54%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 1.47%) and Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 1.35%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

    On the other hand, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 1.81%), Asian Paints Ltd.(down 1.34%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(down 1.24%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 0.97%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(down 0.9%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(down 0.82%), NTPC Ltd.(down 0.73%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(down 0.66%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 0.56%) and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(down 0.53%) closed in the red.
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