Shares of Kesoram Industries (down 7.75 per cent), MMTC (down 7.63 per cent), MEP (down 6.4 per cent), Universal Cables (down 6.29 per cent) and Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri (down 6.18 per cent) were the top losers in the index.
While Genus Power Infrastructures (up 15.11 per cent), Oriental Carbon & Chemicals (up 14.32 per cent), JMC Projects (India) (up 12.17 per cent), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (up 11.09 per cent) and Reliance Infrastructure (up 9.88 per cent) were among the top gainers.
The S&P BSE SmallCap index was trading 0.88 per cent down at 20882.34 around 02:40PM.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 47.55 points at 15003.75, while the BSE Sensex was up 238.1 points at 50679.17.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 21 were trading in the green, while 29 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, BPCL, Suzlon Energy and Adani Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of SBI Life, Orchid Pharma , Godrej Industries, Adani Power and Blue Dart Exp hit their fresh 52 week high in today’s trade, while Devhari Exports (India) Ltd., Sanwaria Consumer Ltd., B C Power Controls Ltd., Suncare Traders Ltd., Integra Capital Management Ltd., CHD Chemicals Ltd., Trident Tools Ltd., Dhruva Capital Services Ltd., Netripples Software Ltd. and Vintage Securities Ltd. hit fresh 52 week low in trade.
