Stock market update: Power stocks up as market rises

NEW DELHI: Power shares closed higher in the Friday’s session.

Jaiprakash Power Ventures(up 19.54%), Orient Green Power Company(up 9.33%), PTC India(up 7.36%), K.P.I. Global Infras(up 6.33%), Indo Tech Transformers(up 5.00%), Reliance Power(up 4.71%), RTNPOWER(up 4.55%), Indowind Energy(up 4.49%), NTL(up 4.17%) and Alstom T&D India(up 3.51%) stood among the top gainers.

Adani Transmissions(down 4.85%), Gujarat Industries Power(down 2.47%), ADANIGREEN(down 2.41%), ABBPP&SLTD(down 1.47%), Torrent Power(down 1.19%), NTPC(down 1.19%), Jyoti Structures(down 0.64%), CESC(down 0.62%), GE Power India Limited(down 0.61%) and SJVN(down 0.53%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 104.85 points up at 17895.2, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 381.23 points at 60059.06.

Reliance Industries(up 3.84%), Wipro(up 2.83%), Infosys(up 1.94%), Tata Motors(up 1.71%), Tech Mahindra(up 1.61%), UPL Ltd(up 1.44%), HCL Technologies(up 1.21%), Tata Consultancy(up 1.1%), Tata Steel(up 0.93%) and Larsen & Toubro(up 0.84%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, SBI Life(down 1.53%), NTPC(down 1.19%), Coal India(down 1.18%), Hindustan Unilever(down 1.1%), Shree Cement(down 1.08%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 0.86%), Maruti Suzuki(down 0.83%), Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 0.82%), Hindalco Industries(down 0.81%) and Titan Company Ltd(down 0.72%) closed in the red.

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