NEW DELHI: The SP BSE Power index was up with its components trading higher in Thursday's afternoon session.Shares of Suzlon Energy (up 4.17 per cent) , NTPC (up 1.33 per cent) , Power Grid Corporation of India (up 1.32 per cent) and KEC International (up 1.28 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.
Adani Transmission (up 0.59 per cent) , ABB India (up 0.47 per cent) , Torrent Power (up 0.43 per cent) and NHPC (up 0.43 per cent) too were trading higher.
The SP BSE Power index was trading 0.85 per cent up at 1827.12 around 12:39 pm.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 7.10 points at 10,799.55 while the BSE Sensex was 17.20 points at 35,888.23.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 24 were trading in the green, while 26 were in the red.
Shares of Suzlon Energy, Reliance Communications, Reliance Power, Adani Power, Reliance Infra, JP Associates, Ashok Leyland, YES Bank, DHFL, Vakrangee , Infibeam Avenues, NALCO, Dish TV India, Reliance Capital, Jet Airways, Allahabad Bank and Vodafone Idea were among the most traded shares on the NSE.