Basic materials shares edge higher

23 Aug 2022 , 10:00 AM

Among the components of the S&P BSE Basic Materials index, Everest Industries Ltd (up 12.05%), Dynemic Products Ltd (up 3.81%),India Cements Ltd (up 3.55%),Yash Pakka Ltd (up 3.42%),Kuantum Papers Ltd (up 3.4%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Seshasayee Paper & Boards Ltd (up 3.16%), Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd (up 3.02%), Hindustan Copper Ltd (up 2.98%), DCW Ltd (up 2.95%), and Jubilant Industries Ltd (up 2.73%). On the other hand, Gallantt Metal Ltd (down 2.29%), Linde India Ltd (down 1.78%), and Asahi Songwon Colors Ltd (down 1.52%) moved lower.At 09:46 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 64.58 or 0.11% at 58838.45.The Nifty 50 index was up 35.05 points or 0.2% at 17525.75.The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 154.56 points or 0.56% at 27999.29.The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 44.5 points or 0.51% at 8751.29.On BSE,1885 shares were trading in green, 837 were trading in red and 117 were unchanged.Powered by Capital Market – Live News