Basic materials shares edge higher

5 Sep 2022 , 10:01 AM

Among the components of the S&P BSE Basic Materials index, Steel Exchange India Ltd (up 4.04%), Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd (up 3.92%),Solar Industries India Ltd (up 3.39%),Kuantum Papers Ltd (up 3.32%),N R Agarwal Industries Ltd (up 3.28%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Kamdhenu Ltd (up 3.16%), Anjani Portland Cement Ltd (up 3.09%), Mangalam Organics Ltd (up 2.85%), Hindalco Industries Ltd (up 2.76%), and Century Plyboards (India) Ltd (up 2.71%). On the other hand, Sree Rayalaseema Hi-Strength Hypo Ltd (down 4.45%), Fairchem Organics Ltd (down 2.38%), and Jubilant Industries Ltd (down 2.2%) moved lower.At 09:47 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 312.1 or 0.53% at 59115.43.The Nifty 50 index was up 98.35 points or 0.56% at 17637.8.The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 208.48 points or 0.72% at 29009.3.The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 41.62 points or 0.47% at 8986.42.On BSE,2164 shares were trading in green, 883 were trading in red and 142 were unchanged.Powered by Capital Market – Live News