Stock Market Sectors: Stock market update: Mining stocks mixed as market falls

Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(up 6.66%), Coal India Ltd.(up 4.57%), NMDC Ltd.(up 4.05%), KIOCL Ltd.(up 3.91%), MOIL Ltd.(up 0.92%), The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(up 0.81%) and 20 Microns Ltd.(up 0.54%) stood among the top gainers.

Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(down 3.84%), Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(down 3.08%), Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd.(down 1.63%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(down 0.64%), Oriental Trimex Ltd.(down 0.57%), Pokarna Ltd.(down 0.50%) and Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(down 0.40%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 172.36 points down at 22475.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 732.96 points at 73878.15.

Coal India Ltd.(up 4.57%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 1.81%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 1.17%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.99%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 0.89%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(up 0.86%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(up 0.74%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(up 0.71%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.36%) and Cipla Ltd.(up 0.34%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack. On the other hand, Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(down 2.77%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 2.45%), Nestle India Ltd.(down 2.24%), Reliance Industries Ltd.(down 2.22%), Bharti Airtel Ltd.(down 2.05%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 1.84%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.82%), JSW Steel Ltd.(down 1.82%), UltraTech Cement Ltd.(down 1.68%) and Asian Paints Ltd.(down 1.54%) closed in the red.