Stock market update: Mining stocks down as market falls

NEW DELHI: Mining stocks were trading lower on Friday at 10:45AM

Oriental Trimex Ltd.(up 1.62%), Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(up 1.52%), Coal India Ltd.(up 1.08%) and Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(up 0.34%) were among the top gainers.

Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(down 3.12%), Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd.(down 1.29%), 20 Microns Ltd.(down 0.96%), Pokarna Ltd.(down 0.90%), The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(down 0.76%), MOIL Ltd.(down 0.72%), KIOCL Ltd.(down 0.68%), Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(down 0.67%), NMDC Ltd.(down 0.33%) and Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(down 0.06%) were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 17.8 points down at 23549.2, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 152.52 points at 77326.41 at around 10:45AM.

Bharti Airtel Ltd.(up 2.3%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 1.62%), Infosys Ltd.(up 1.56%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 1.48%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 1.44%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 1.42%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.01%), Cipla Ltd.(up 1.0%), Coal India Ltd.(up 0.95%) and HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 0.9%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(down 1.44%), Tata Steel Ltd.(down 1.38%), Nestle India Ltd.(down 1.22%), HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 1.19%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 1.07%), UltraTech Cement Ltd.(down 1.04%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 1.03%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(down 1.02%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 1.0%) and Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 0.95%) were trading in the red.