Stock market update: Power stocks up as market rises
KPI Green Energy Ltd.(up 10.25%), Inox Wind Ltd.(up 6.52%), Inox Wind Energy Ltd.(up 4.99%), Power and Instrumentation(Gujarat)Ltd.(up 4.98%), SJVN Ltd.(up 4.82%), KKV Agro Powers Ltd.(up 4.72%), NHPC Ltd.(up 4.26%), JSW Energy Ltd.(up 3.92%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd.(up 3.90%) and Gujarat Industries Power Company Ltd.(up 2.88%) stood among the top gainers.
Karma Energy Ltd.(down 2.00%), Indowind Energy Ltd.(down 1.91%), Energy Development Company Ltd.(down 1.84%), CESC Ltd.(down 1.63%), GE T&D India Ltd.(down 1.52%), Suzlon Energy Ltd.(down 1.50%), Kalpataru Projects International Ltd.(down 1.09%), India Power Corporation Ltd.(down 1.08%), Voltamp Transformers Ltd.(down 0.98%) and NLC India Ltd.(down 0.77%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 81.55 points up at 22122.25, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 281.52 points at 72708.16.
Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 2.99%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(up 2.81%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 2.22%), Cipla Ltd.(up 2.06%), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 2.01%), Bharti Airtel Ltd.(up 1.99%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.59%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(up 1.42%), UPL Ltd.(up 1.36%) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 1.34%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Coal India Ltd.(down 3.96%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(down 1.39%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.3%), Wipro Ltd.(down 1.3%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.23%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 1.19%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 0.86%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 0.68%), Hindalco
