Stock market update: Mining stocks up as market rises

NEW DELHI: Mining stocks were trading higher on Wednesday at 11:16AM

Aro Granite Industries(up 3.81%), KIOCL(up 1.56%), Madhav Marbles and Granites(up 1.47%), Ashapura Minechem(up 1.02%), MOIL(up 0.86%), Dvpt Corporation(up 0.84%), Orissa Minerals Development Company(up 0.57%), Coal India(up 0.33%), Pokarna(up 0.30%) and 20 Microns(up 0.28%) were among the top gainers.

were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 93.7 points up at 18147.0, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 357.36 points at 61013.08 at around 11:16AM.

Tata Steel(up 2.56%), Hindalco Industries(up 2.05%), HDFC Bank(up 1.85%), HDFC(up 1.68%), Wipro(up 1.59%), Grasim Industries(up 1.52%), Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 1.47%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(up 1.12%), SBI Life(up 1.11%) and HCL Technologies(up 0.99%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Adani Enterprises(down 2.63%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation(down 1.28%), Tata Motors(down 1.23%), HDFC LIFE INSURANCE(down 1.06%), Hero MotoCorp(down 0.59%), Cipla(down 0.56%), Eicher Motors(down 0.55%), Mahindra & Mahindra(down 0.46%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(down 0.44%) and State Bank of India(down 0.4%) were trading in the red.