Stock market update: Nifty CPSE index down; Power Grid Corp loses 2%

NEW DELHI: Nifty CPSE index was trading lower at 02:07PM (IST) on Friday.

Shares of Coal India (up 3.33 per cent), NBCC (India) (up 1.73 per cent), NHPC (up 0.73 per cent) and SJVN (up 0.45 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While NLC India (down 2.05 per cent), Power Grid Corporation of India (down 1.99 per cent), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (down 1.46 per cent), Bharat Electronics (down 1.4 per cent) and Cochin Shipyard (down 0.71 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty CPSE index was trading 0.27 per cent down at 1446.65 around 02:07PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 104.20 points at 11196.25, while the BSE Sensex was down 364.74 points at 37945.75.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 11 were trading in the green, while 39 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Lupin, Birlasoft, APL Apollo Tube, KIOCL Ltd. and Ruchi Soya Inds hit their fresh 52 week high in today's trade, while Mittal Life Style Ltd., Keerti Knowledge and Skills Ltd. and Uniinfo Telecom Services Ltd. hit fresh 52 week low in trade.