Share market update: Power shares mixed; NTPC rises 2%

NEW DELHI: The BSE Power index was down in Friday’s morning session.

Shares of NTPC (up 2.26 per cent) , Power Grid Corporation of India (up 1.87 per cent) , Tata Power Company (up 0.46 per cent) and Bharat Heavy Electricals (up 0.36 per cent) were trading in the green.

While Reliance Infrastructure (down 4.91 per cent ) , Siemens (down 4.06 per cent ) , ABB India (down 1.33 per cent ) and Torrent Power (down 1.29 per cent ) were the top losers in the index.

The S&P BSE Power index was trading 0.72 per cent up at 1926.84 around 11:37 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 62.90 points at 11905.5 , while the BSE Sensex was 221.57 points at 40353.6 .

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 were trading in the green, while 31 were in the red.