Shares of real estate companies, capital goods players and select industrial stocks rose after the government unveiled revised set of guidelines on the nationwide lockdown to arrest the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) impact.
It must be noted that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday announced the extension of lockdown until May 3.
At 11:03 am, the S&P BSE Capital Goods index, the top gainer among sectoral indices, was trading nearly 4 per cent higher at 12,070.86, with NBCC (up 7 per cent) being the top gainer, followed by HEG (up 5 per cent) and Graphite India (up 5 per cent).