Among the components of the BSE Capital Goods index, Bharat Dynamics Ltd (up 2.86%), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd (up 2.41%),Bharat Electronics Ltd (up 2.18%),Hitachi Energy India Ltd (up 1.99%),Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (up 1.71%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Suzlon Energy Ltd (up 1.49%), Siemens Ltd (up 1.25%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (up 1.13%), Inox Wind Ltd (up 0.86%), and ABB India Ltd (up 0.83%).
On the other hand, Thermax Ltd (down 1.24%), Timken India Ltd (down 0.51%), and AIA Engineering Ltd (down 0.44%) moved lower.
At 09:42 IST, the BSE SmallCap was up 330.06 or 0.68% at 48523.52.
The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was up 76.01 points or 0.51% at 15035.92.
The Nifty 50 index was up 40.95 points or 0.17% at 24369.45.
The BSE Sensex index was up 61.8 points or 0.08% at 80280.17.
On BSE,2312 shares were trading in green, 605 were trading in red and 140 were unchanged.