Benchmarks off day's low; Prince Pipes up 13%
Main Equity indices came off the day's low and traded near the flat line in mid morning trade. The Nifty scaled the 14,800 mark. Auto stocks extended gains in anticipation of the proposed voluntary vehicle scrappage policy. At 11:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was down 40.93 points or 0.08% at 50,214.66. The Nifty 50 index was up 9.3 points or 0.06% at 14,799.95. The broader market outperformed the benchmark indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index was up 1.31% while the S&P BSE Small-Cap index gained 1.37%. The market breadth was strong. On the BSE, 1745 shares rose and 921 share...
Source: business-standard.com