Stock market update: Mining stocks up as market rises

NEW DELHI: Mining stocks were trading higher on Wednesday at 10:14AM

Ashapura Minechem(up 2.56%), KIOCL(up 2.56%), Pokarna(up 1.60%), Coal India(up 1.31%), Aro Granite Industries(up 1.20%), MOIL(up 0.96%), 20 Microns(up 0.83%), Gujarat Mineral Dvpt Corporation(up 0.75%), NMDC Ltd(up 0.70%) and Orissa Minerals Development Company(up 0.40%) were among the top gainers.

Madhav Marbles and Granites(down 1.05%) were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 28.15 points up at 17531.5, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 69.09 points at 58733.42 at around 10:14AM.

Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(up 4.23%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(up 3.84%), Bharti Airtel(up 2.17%), NTPC(up 1.5%), SBI Life(up 1.4%), Coal India(up 1.28%), Power Grid Corporation of India(up 1.21%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation(up 1.19%), UPL Ltd(up 1.03%) and Indian Oil Corporation(up 0.91%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Infosys(down 1.28%), Maruti Suzuki(down 1.15%), Divis Laboratories(down 1.12%), Bajaj Finserv(down 1.06%), Eicher Motors(down 0.81%), Tech Mahindra(down 0.69%), Cipla(down 0.58%), TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS(down 0.35%), Wipro(down 0.33%) and Titan Company Ltd(down 0.32%) were trading in the red.