Stock Market Sectors: Stock market update: Mining stocks up as Sensex gains

NEW DELHI: Mining stocks were trading higher on Thursday at 11:26AM

KIOCL Ltd.(up 3.71%), MOIL Ltd.(up 3.24%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(up 2.84%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(up 1.87%), Coal India Ltd.(up 0.74%), The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(up 0.73%), Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(up 0.42%), Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(up 0.38%) and NMDC Ltd.(up 0.28%) were among the top gainers.

Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd.(down 2.86%), 20 Microns Ltd.(down 1.88%), Pokarna Ltd.(down 1.47%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(down 1.21%) and Oriental Trimex Ltd.(down 0.10%) were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 54.5 points up at 24341.0, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 202.02 points at 80188.82 at around 11:26AM.

HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 2.94%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 2.04%), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 1.92%), Infosys Ltd.(up 1.67%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 1.37%), Asian Paints Ltd.(up 1.15%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.13%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 1.12%), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 1.12%) and Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 0.91%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 2.25%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 1.24%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 1.07%), UltraTech Cement Ltd.(down 1.01%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 0.75%), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 0.55%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(down 0.49%), Titan Company Ltd.(down 0.49%), Cipla Ltd.(down 0.38%) and Britannia Industries Ltd.(down 0.37%) were trading in the red.