Share market update: BSE Power index rises; Adani Power climbs 4%

NEW DELHI: BSE Power index was trading with gains in Monday's afternoon session.

Shares of Adani Power (up 4.37 per cent), Bharat Heavy Electricals (up 4.11 per cent), NTPC (up 2.97 per cent), Tata Power Company (up 2.72 per cent) and Adani Transmissions (up 2.38 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Siemens (down 2.15 per cent), CESC (down 0.84 per cent), Torrent Power (down 0.5 per cent) and Thermax (down 0.12 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The S&P BSE Power index was trading 1.47 per cent up at 1569.96 around 01:05PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 94.95 points at 11309.0, while the BSE Sensex was up 284.53 points at 38325.1.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 37 were trading in the green, while 13 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Alok Industries, BHEL and BEL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.