Utilties stocks were trading in the positive zone, with the S&P BSE Utilities index rising 7.86 points or 0.55% at 1438.3 at 09:53 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Utilities index, Va Tech Wabag Ltd (up 4.98%), Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (up 4.96%),Reliance Power Ltd (up 4.81%),Rattanindia Power Ltd (up 2.27%),A2Z Infra Engineering Ltd (up 2.05%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Mahanagar Gas Ltd (up 1.92%), NHPC Ltd (up 1.44%), JSW Energy Ltd (up 1.01%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd (up 0.92%), and Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd (up 0.91%).
On the other hand, GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd (down 4.7%), Gujarat Industries Power Co Ltd (down 2.81%), and GE T&D India Ltd (down 2.28%) moved lower.
At 09:53 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 418.38 or 1.31% at 31444.7.
The Nifty 50 index was down 100.1 points or 1.07% at 9213.8.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 47.62 points or 0.44% at 10737.42.
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The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was down 12.7 points or 0.34% at 3763.42.
On BSE,532 shares were trading in green, 906 were trading in red and 73 were unchanged.
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