Capital Goods stocks were trading in the positive zone, with the S&P BSE Capital Goods index rising 244.82 points or 1.09% at 22743.09 at 09:49 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Capital Goods index, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (up 3.83%), Bharat Electronics Ltd (up 3.82%),Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (up 3.17%),Finolex Cables Ltd (up 2.53%),ABB India Ltd (up 1.35%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (up 1.34%), Bharat Forge Ltd (up 1.05%), SKF India Ltd (up 0.58%), Schaeffler India Ltd (up 0.54%), and Havells India Ltd (up 0.53%).
On the other hand, V-Guard Industries Ltd (down 2.13%), Honeywell Automation India Ltd (down 1.79%), and Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd (down 0.75%) moved lower.