Rail stocks show mixed trend ahead of Budget

Rail stocks showed a mixed trend in morning trade today ahead of the Railway Budget to be presented shortly.
Kalindee Rail Nirman shares plunged six per cent and those of Texmaco Rail & Engineering tanked 5.28 per cent on the BSE.
Besides, Simplex Castings stocks were down by 5.58 per cent and Stone India dipped 3.35 per cent, respectively.
On the other hand, shares of Kernex Microsystems jumped 4.18 per cent, Titagarh Wagons was up 3.22 per cent and BEML rose by 2.37 per cent, respectively.
Share prices of companies related to the rail sector have rallied quite sharply in recent weeks.

In the broader market, the benchmark BSE Sensex was trading lower by 52 points at 28,955.99 in late morning trade.