Share market update: Power shares mixed; NTPC rises 2%

NEW DELHI: The BSE Power index was down in Friday's morning session.

Shares of NTPC (up 2.26 per cent) , Power Grid Corporation of India (up 1.87 per cent) , Tata Power Company (up 0.46 per cent) and Bharat Heavy Electricals (up 0.36 per cent) were trading in the green.

While Reliance Infrastructure (down 4.91 per cent ) , Siemens (down 4.06 per cent ) , ABB India (down 1.33 per cent ) and Torrent Power (down 1.29 per cent ) were the top losers in the index.

The S&P BSE Power index was trading 0.72 per cent up at 1926.84 around 11:37 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 62.90 points at 11905.5 , while the BSE Sensex was 221.57 points at 40353.6 .

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 were trading in the green, while 31 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, NCC, Zee Ent., SAIL, PNB, Edelweiss Fin, GMR Infra and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.