Stock market update: Mining stocks up as market falls

NEW DELHI: Mining stocks were trading higher on Tuesday at 09:59AM

Oriental Trimex(up 3.68%), Gujarat Mineral Dvpt Corporation(up 1.74%), MOIL(up 1.07%), KIOCL(up 0.88%), Orissa Minerals Development Company(up 0.50%), NMDC Ltd(up 0.49%), Ashapura Minechem(up 0.38%) and 20 Microns(up 0.17%) were among the top gainers.

Pokarna(down 2.00%), Aro Granite Industries(down 1.61%), Madhav Marbles and Granites(down 1.37%) and Coal India(down 0.07%) were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 118.2 points down at 17983.0, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 442.22 points at 60305.09 at around 09:59AM.

Tata Motors(up 6.15%), Tata Steel(up 1.4%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprises(up 1.19%), Hindalco Industries(up 1.13%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(up 0.94%), Power Grid Corporation of India(up 0.91%), Mahindra & Mahindra(up 0.74%), JSW Steel(up 0.57%), HDFC LIFE INSURANCE(up 0.39%) and Divis Laboratories(up 0.25%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Tata Consultancy(down 2.61%), Eicher Motors(down 1.67%), Hero MotoCorp(down 1.62%), Infosys(down 1.5%), Tech Mahindra(down 1.4%), State Bank of India(down 1.39%), HDFC Bank(down 1.31%), Bharti Airtel(down 1.16%), HDFC(down 1.05%) and ITC(down 0.99%) were trading in the red.