Utilties stocks were trading with gains, with the S&P BSE Utilities index rising 30.04 points or 1.43% at 2130.42 at 09:49 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Utilities index, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (up 3.81%), CESC Ltd (up 2.92%),Adani Transmission Ltd (up 2.22%),GE T&D India Ltd (up 2.07%),Adani Power Ltd (up 1.78%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Torrent Power Ltd (up 1.65%), Tata Power Company Ltd (up 1.27%), NHPC Ltd (up 1.27%), Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd (up 1.18%), and JSW Energy Ltd (up 1%).
On the other hand, Rattanindia Power Ltd (down 1.58%), GAIL (India) Ltd (down 0.9%), and Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd (down 0.67%) moved lower.
At 09:49 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 206.04 or 0.43% at 47874.63.
The Nifty 50 index was down 53.35 points or 0.37% at 14352.8.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 188.07 points or 0.9% at 21086.6.
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The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 37.33 points or 0.55% at 6851.88.
On BSE,1403 shares were trading in green, 762 were trading in red and 100 were unchanged.
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