Energy Development Company(up 4.90%), Adani Power(up 3.81%), Jaiprakash Power Ventures(up 2.96%), ADANIGREEN(up 1.44%), KPI Green Energy(up 0.53%), KEC International(up 0.41%) and Hitachi Energy India(up 0.40%) stood among the top gainers.
SJVN(down 13.09%), NHPC(down 5.68%), Transformers and Rectifiers(India)(down 5.67%), Alstom T&D India(down 4.98%), RTNPOWER(down 4.83%), PTC India(down 4.37%), Gujarat Industries Power(down 3.57%), JSW Energy(down 3.36%), NLC India(down 2.85%) and Tata Power Company(down 2.04%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 159.05 points down at 19742.35, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 570.6 points at 66230.24.
Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(up 1.59%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.35%), Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.95%), Asian Paints Ltd.(up 0.92%), Bharti Airtel Ltd.(up 0.79%), Infosys Ltd.(up 0.77%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 0.76%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(up 0.68%), UPL Ltd.(up 0.4%) and Adani Enterprises Ltd.(up 0.36%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 3.1%), ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 2.82%), Cipla Ltd.(down 2.68%), State Bank of India(down 2.15%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 2.02%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 1.98%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 1.88%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 1.88%), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 1.79%) and Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(down 1.74%) closed in the red.