Share market update: Infra stocks mixed; NTPC rises 2%

NEW DELHI: Shares of infrastructure companies were trading on a mixed note in Friday's afternoon session.

Shares of NTPC (up 1.99 per cent) , Bharat Heavy Electricals (up 1.53 per cent) , CG Power and Industrial Solutions (up 1.44 per cent) and Power Grid Corporation of India (up 1.40 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Reliance Infrastructure (down 4.94 per cent ) , Bharti Infratel (down 4.82 per cent ) , Reliance Power (down 4.11 per cent ) and Siemens (down 4.10 per cent ) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty Infrastructure index was trading 0.05 per cent up at 3303.05 around 02:05 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 48.80 points at 11,919.60, while the BSE Sensex was down 171.49 points at 40,403.68.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, ZEEL, NCC, SAIL, SBI, Tata Motors, JSPL and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.