Share market update: PSU shares mixed; PFC gains 3%

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

Shares of Power Finance Corporation (up 2.70 per cent) , NTPC (up 1.99 per cent) , Oil And Natural Gas Corporation (up 1.52 per cent) and Power Grid Corporation of India (up 1.50 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Container Corporation of India (down 2.18 per cent ) , General Insurance Corporation of India (down 1.93 per cent ) , The New India Assurance Company (down 1.27 per cent ) and Oil India (down 0.97 per cent ) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty PSE index was trading 0.61 per cent up at 3265.85 around 12:42 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 72.55 points at 11,895.85, while the BSE Sensex was down 253.44 points at 40,321.73.

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, ZEEL, SBI, SAIL, NCC, Tata Motors, ITC and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.