NEW DELHI: Most of the cement stocks were trading in the green in Tuesday's morning session.Shares of Mangalam Cement (up 2.13 per cent), Birla Corporation (up 1.67 per cent), ACC (up 1.18 per cent), UltraTech Cement (up 1.16 per cent) and Orient Cement (up 0.90 per cent) were among the top gainers.
While Keerthi Industries (down 4.97 per cent), Udaipur Cement Works (down 1.85 per cent) and Star Cement (down 1.57 per cent) were among the top losers.
The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 68.80 points up at 12,122.75, while the 30share BSE Sensex was up 256.21 points at 41,194.93 at around 09:59 am.
Vedanta (up 2.85 per cent), Tata Steel (up 2.1 per cent), Yes Bank (up 1.82 per cent), Infosys (up 1.69 per cent) and Maruti Suzuki (up 1.59 per cent) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Oil - Natural Gas Corporation (down 0.96 per cent), NTPC (down 0.52 per cent), Power Grid Corporation of India (down 0.32 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 0.25 per cent) and Bajaj Auto (down 0.22 per cent) were trading in the red.