NEW DELHI: The domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex was trading 173.41 points up at 35,765.91 on account of buying in frontline bluechip counters.
Shares of Paul Merchants (up 18 per cent) , Prime Property (up 17.27 per cent) , Emmessar Biotech (up 14.74 per cent) , Nath Pulp (up 14.04 per cent) , Artson Engineering (up 13.69 per cent), Ansal Buildwell (up 12.95 per cent), Rishiroop (up 12.87 per cent), Black Rose Industries (up 12.05 per cent), Manaksia Steels (up 11.76 per cent) and Kothari Fermentation (up 11.20 per cent) were among the top performers.DCM Shriram (up 8.56 per cent) and Zee Media (up 7.49 per cent) too were trading 7-8 per cent higher at around the same time.The Nifty 50 index was trading 42.55 points up at 10,694.75.
Among the 50 components in the Nifty index, 30 shares were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red.