The INDIA VIX is up 5.6% at 11.3. The S&P BSE Sensex is trading at 30,952 up 118 points, while NSE Nifty is trading at 9527 up 35 points.

The BSE Capital Goods is one of the top gaining index during pre-lunch hours on Thursday. It is up by 0.7% at 17165. Larsen & Toubro is majorly contributing to the index gains and pulling it to higher levels.  Larsen & Toubro is up 0.6% at Rs 1708 per share.

Other stocks viz. BEML is up by 2.4% at Rs 1474.05 per share, The Mahindra CIE Automative is up 1.9% at Rs 233 per share, GE T&D India is up 1.9% at Rs 343.10 per share, Lakshmi Machine Works is up 1.8% at Rs 4930.00 per share and SKF India is also trading higher by 1.5% at Rs 1568.00 per share.
Havells India, Finolex Cables & Welspun Corp are some capital goods stocks that are trading in red territory.

AU Small Finance Bank Limited got subscribed by 30% as of 1145 hours on its second day of subscription on Thursday. The total issue size of the IPO stood at 3,76,95,520 shares. The total bids received stood at 1,14,10,792 shares and total bids received at cut-off price stood at 96,34,959 shares.
Fortis Healthcare informed that its shareholders have approved increasing the

shareholding limit of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to up to 74% from the current limit of 24% on Wednesday. At 1 PM, the S&P BSE Sensex is trading at 30,952 up 118 points, while NSE Nifty is trading at 9527 up 35 points. A total of 28 stocks registered a fresh 52-week high in trade today, while 30 stocks touched a new 52-week low on the NSE.

Source: indiainfoline.com