Apex Frozen, Avanti Feeds, Kings Ventures: Aquaculture stocks zoom up to 8% on Budget proposals; check what FM said

The FM announced that the government will bring an enabling framework for sustaining the harvest of the fisheries sector in exclusive economic zones and high seas.

The finance minister also said there would be a special focus on the Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands.

Moreover, Zeal Aqua shares were up over 9% at ₹13.46%.

Meanwhile, the equity benchmark indices were trading with decent gains. At 11:27 AM, the S&P BSE SENSEX was trading at 77,773.50, up 272.93 points, or 0.35%, while the NSE's NIFTY50 index was trading at 23,595.25 levels, up 86.85 points, or 0.37%.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her record eighth straight Budget today.

Sitharaman had, in her first budget in 2019 replaced the leather briefcase—which had been in use for decades for carrying Budget documents—with a traditional 'bahi-khata' wrapped in red cloth. This year's Budget would be in paperless form, as done in the last three years.