Stock market update: Mining stocks up as market rises

NEW DELHI: Mining stocks were trading higher on Monday at 11:12AM

Pokarna(up 8.47%), Madhav Marbles and Granites(up 2.86%), Oriental Trimex(up 2.17%), Ashapura Minechem(up 2.04%), Gujarat Mineral Dvpt Corporation(up 1.94%), Orissa Minerals Development Company(up 1.25%), KIOCL(up 0.93%), MOIL(up 0.86%), 20 Microns(up 0.59%) and NMDC Ltd(up 0.51%) were among the top gainers.

Coal India(down 2.70%) were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 153.45 points up at 18222.45, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 559.54 points at 61613.83 at around 11:12AM.

IndusInd Bank(up 4.73%), Bajaj Finance(up 3.49%), Bajaj Finserv(up 2.87%), Tata Motors(up 2.61%), Hindalco Industries(up 2.14%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(up 1.84%), Mahindra & Mahindra(up 1.76%), Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 1.62%), Power Grid Corporation of India(up 1.62%) and Axis Bank(up 1.49%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Coal India(down 2.65%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 1.1%), Adani Enterprises(down 1.05%), Larsen & Toubro(down 0.82%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(down 0.46%), Asian Paints(down 0.43%), Britannia Industries(down 0.37%) and Cipla(down 0.11%) were trading in the red.