Stock market update: Mining stocks up as market rises

NEW DELHI: Mining shares closed higher in the Thursday’s session.

Madhav Marbles and Granites(up 10.94%), Lexus Granito(up 4.95%), KIOCL(up 4.35%), Oriental Trimex(up 1.20%), 20 Microns(up 0.98%), Pokarna(up 0.83%), NMDC Ltd(up 0.70%), Orissa Minerals Development Company(up 0.55%), Aro Granite Industries(up 0.47%) and Gujarat Mineral Dvpt Corporation(up 0.38%) stood among the top gainers.

MOIL(down 2.32%), Ashapura Minechem(down 1.18%) and Coal India(down 1.11%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 144.35 points up at 17790.35, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 488.1 points at 59677.83.

Tata Motors(up 12.04%), Titan Company Ltd(up 10.6%), Mahindra & Mahindra(up 5.29%), Maruti Suzuki(up 4.07%), Eicher Motors(up 3.37%), IndusInd Bank(up 3.08%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 2.83%), Asian Paints(up 2.45%), HCL Technologies(up 2.42%) and Tech Mahindra(up 2.28%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(down 4.58%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 1.32%), Coal India(down 1.11%), Britannia Industries(down 0.96%), HDFC(down 0.87%), Bajaj Finserv(down 0.83%), Divis Laboratories(down 0.75%), Hindustan Unilever(down 0.62%), Nestle India(down 0.58%) and Grasim Industries(down 0.44%) closed in the red.

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