Stock Sectors: Stock Market Update: Mining Shares Mixed as Sensex Falls

NEW DELHI: Mining stocks closed lower in Wednesday’s session.

Oriental Trimex Ltd. (up 10.48%), 20 Microns Ltd. (up 3.61%), Ashapura Minechem Ltd. (up 1.85%), KIOCL Ltd. (up 1.77%) , MOIL Ltd. (up by 1.09%), Gujarat Mineral The best gainers were Development Corporation Ltd. (up by 0.44%) and Pokarna Sp. z o. o. (increase by 0.31%).

Lexus Granito(India) Ltd. (down 4.08%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd. (down 1.96%), Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd. (down 1.93%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd. (down 1.45%), The top losers of the day included Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd. (down 0.38%), NMDC Ltd. (down 0.28%) and Coal India Ltd. (down by 0.25%).

The NSE Nifty50 index ended the session down 183.46 points at 22,704.7, while the 30-share BSE Sensex ended down 667.55 points at 74,502.9.

Hindalco Industries Ltd. (up 3.53%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (up 1.57%), Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (up 1.28%), Nestle India Ltd. (up 1 .0%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (up 0.96%), Cipla Ltd. (up 0.96%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (up 0.9%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd . (increase by 0.68%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (up 0.6%) and ITC Ltd. (up 0.46%) were among the Nifty top gainers.

While HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd. (down 2.87%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. (down 2.62%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd. (down 2.22%), ICICI Bank Ltd. ( down 2.22%), Tech Mahindra Ltd. (down 2.18%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (down 2.01%), Axis Bank Ltd. (down 2.0%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (down 1.86%), Grasim Industries Ltd. (down 1.63%) and UltraTech Cement Ltd. (down 1.53%) closed in the red.