NEW DELHI: Gains in Suzlon Energy (up 4.56 per cent), GMR Infrastructure (up 2.79 per cent), KEC International (up 2.28 per cent) and BHEL (up 1.60 per cent) lifted the BSE Power index in afternoon trade on Wednesday.The BSE Power was trading 0.22 per cent up at 2,147 around 01:20 pm.
Shares of PTC India (up 1.58 per cent), JSW Energy (up 1.14 per cent), Reliance Infrastructure (up 1 per cent), Adani Power (up 0.91 per cent), Siemens (up 0.46 per cent), Torrent Power (up 0.29 per cent), NTPC (up 0.21 per cent) and Reliance Power (up 0.15 per cent) were also among the gainers in the index.
However, shares of Adani Transmission cracked over 5 per cent in the power index.CG Power and Industrial Solutions (down 1.16 per cent), CESC (down 0.46 per cent), ABB India (down 0.39 per cent), NHPC (down 0.37 per cent), Power Grid Corporation of India (down 0.19 per cent) and Tata Power Company (down 0.12 per cent) were also in the red.
Key equity indices Nifty and Sensex pared losses as a fresh spell of buying emerged in auto, FMCG, IT, pharma and consumer durable stocks.The BSE Sensex was 15 points down at 35,529, while the NSE Nifty50 index was down 12 points at 10,789.
In the Sensex index, 15 stocks were advancing, compared with 16 declining.Hindustan Unilever, Wipro and YES Bank were the top Sensex gainers.