NEW DELHI: Shares of most cement companies were in the red in Tuesday's morning session. Shares of JK Cements (down 2.69 per cent), Sanghi Industries (down 2.64 per cent), Burnpur Cement (down 1.96 per cent), HeidelbergCement India (down 1.74 per cent) and Shree Cement (down 0.80 per cent) were among the top losers. Shiva Cement (down 0.80 per cent), Century Textiles - Industries (down 0.78 per cent) and Sagar Cements (down 0.61 per cent) too were trading with losses. While India Cements (up 5.32 per cent), Gujarat Sidhee Cement (up 2.68 per cent), Prism Johnson (up 1.49 per cent) and NCL Industries (up 0.80 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 20.90 points up at 11,850.3, while the 30share BSE Sensex was up 93.25 points at 40,456.48 at around 10:13 am.

NTPC (up 1.91 per cent), Hindustan Unilever (up 1.72 per cent), Oil - Natural Gas Corporation (up 1.68 per cent), Bharti Airtel (up 1.04 per cent) and Asian Paints (up 0.95 per cent) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, HCL Technologies (down 2.2 per cent), Bajaj Auto (down 1.28 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 1.27 per cent), Tech Mahindra (down 0.89 per cent) and Titan Company (down 0.76 per cent) were trading in the red.