NEW DELHI: Mining stocks were trading higher on Thursday at 11:12AM
20 Microns Ltd.(up 3.50%), Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd.(up 2.36%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(up 1.89%), Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(up 1.31%), Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(up 1.22%), NMDC Ltd.(up 0.45%), The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(up 0.08%), Pokarna Ltd.(up 0.02%) and MOIL Ltd.(up 0.02%) were among the top gainers.
Oriental Trimex Ltd.(down 3.13%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(down 1.32%), Coal India Ltd.(down 1.21%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(down 1.12%) and KIOCL Ltd.(down 0.16%) were among the top losers.
The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 89.4 points down at 25386.7, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 273.5 points at 83262.58 at around 11:12AM.
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 0.77%), Jio Financial Services Ltd.(up 0.7%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 0.69%), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 0.53%), UltraTech Cement Ltd.(up 0.53%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(up 0.5%), Tata Steel Ltd.(up 0.38%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(up 0.37%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 0.19%) and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 0.11%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Bharti Airtel Ltd.(down 1.68%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 1.28%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.25%), Coal India Ltd.(down 1.21%), Cipla Ltd.(down 1.18%), Wipro Ltd.(down 1.11%), Asian Paints Ltd.(down 1.03%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 1.0%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.99%) and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(down 0.95%) were trading in the red.