Share market update: BSE Power index advances; Torrent Power jumps 5%

NEW DELHI: BSE Power index was trading with gains on Friday's afternoon session.

Shares of Adani Green (up 8.13 per cent), Torrent Power (up 4.55 per cent), Thermax (up 3.43 per cent), Adani Power (up 3.13 per cent) and Adani Transmissions (up 2.76 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Bharat Heavy Electricals (down 1.26 per cent), ABB India Ltd (down 1.11 per cent), Siemens (down 0.87 per cent), NTPC (down 0.46 per cent) and KEC International (down 0.27 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The S&P BSE Power index was trading 0.96 per cent up at 1543.45 around 01:32PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 5.60 points at 11194.55, while the BSE Sensex was 37.01 points at 37988.44.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Alok Industries, Axis Bank and Bandhan Bank Ltd. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.