Stock market update: Mining stocks down as market rises

NEW DELHI: Mining stocks were trading lower on Tuesday at 10:49AM

were among the top gainers.

Pokarna(down 7.37%), Gujarat Mineral Dvpt Corporation(down 6.19%), Madhav Marbles and Granites(down 5.88%), Aro Granite Industries(down 5.15%), 20 Microns(down 5.01%), KIOCL(down 4.90%), Oriental Trimex(down 3.90%), Orissa Minerals Development Company(down 3.24%), Ashapura Minechem(down 3.04%) and MOIL(down 2.51%) were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 19.5 points down at 19976.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 0.17 points at 67127.25 at around 10:49AM.

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(up 2.96%), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.21%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.96%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 0.9%), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 0.77%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.69%), Infosys Ltd.(up 0.27%), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 0.25%), ITC Ltd.(up 0.03%) and HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 0.02%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(down 26.38%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 2.46%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 2.32%), Coal India Ltd.(down 2.09%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(down 2.06%), NTPC Ltd.(down 1.89%), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 1.83%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(down 1.74%), UPL Ltd.(down 1.38%) and Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(down 1.38%) were trading in the red.