Godfrey Phillips India (up 6.06%), Golden Tobacco (up 1.41%) and VST Industries (up 1.26%) advanced.

Cigarette major, ITC was trading 0.66% lower at Rs 247.45.

The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Bill, 2019, seeks to replace an ordinance issued on 18 September 2019.

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, who had moved the bill for consideration and passage, defended the ban, telling the house that vaping is harmful for the health of the people.

An electronic cigarette or e-cigarette is a handheld battery-powered vaporizer that simulates smoking, but without burning tobacco. E-cigarettes are heated and the vapors of nicotine as well as the flavours are then inhaled. Using an e-cigarette is known as vaping.

Meanwhile, the NSE Nifty 50 index was trading 0.4% higher at 12,086.40.

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Oriental Bank of Commerce, Indiabulls Integrated Services Ltd, Reliance Capital Ltd and Reliance Power Ltd are among the other losers in the BSE's 'A' group today, 20 November 2019.

Godfrey Phillips India Ltd crashed 6.53% to Rs 1143.45 at 14:48 IST.The stock was the biggest loser in the BSE's 'A' group.On the BSE, 13837 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 13431 shares in the past one month.

Oriental Bank of Commerce lost 5.83% to Rs 58.95. The stock was the second biggest loser in 'A' group.On the BSE, 8.32 lakh shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 2.32 lakh shares in the past one month.

Indiabulls Integrated Services Ltd tumbled 5.00% to Rs 66.5. The stock was the third biggest loser in 'A' group.On the BSE, 1563 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 22144 shares in the past one month.

Reliance Capital Ltd slipped 5.00% to Rs 18.05. The stock was the fourth biggest loser in 'A' group.On the BSE, 33255 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 4.8 lakh shares in the past one month.

Reliance Power Ltd shed 4.99% to Rs 3.43. The stock was the fifth biggest loser in 'A' group.On the BSE, 47.26 lakh shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 55.32 lakh shares in the past one month.

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Net profit of Godfrey Phillips India rose 56.23% to Rs 113.53 crore in the quarter ended September 2019 as against Rs 72.67 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2018. Sales rose 12.67% to Rs 709.40 crore in the quarter ended September 2019 as against Rs 629.65 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2018.

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Net profit of Godfrey Phillips India rose 63.84% to Rs 115.31 crore in the quarter ended September 2019 as against Rs 70.38 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2018. Sales rose 13.23% to Rs 706.18 crore in the quarter ended September 2019 as against Rs 623.65 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2018.

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