Stock market update: Mining stocks up as market rises

NEW DELHI: Mining stocks were trading higher on Thursday at 10:29AM

Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(up 5.00%), KIOCL Ltd.(up 3.75%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(up 2.99%), MOIL Ltd.(up 2.95%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(up 2.94%), Oriental Trimex Ltd.(up 2.90%), Coal India Ltd.(up 2.33%), The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(up 2.18%), 20 Microns Ltd.(up 1.79%) and Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(up 1.66%) were among the top gainers.

were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 218.06 points up at 22057.15, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 714.78 points at 72816.47 at around 10:29AM.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 3.6%), Tata Steel Ltd.(up 3.47%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 3.09%), NTPC Ltd.(up 3.03%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 2.64%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 2.42%), Coal India Ltd.(up 2.38%), JSW Steel Ltd.(up 2.23%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(up 1.97%) and Wipro Ltd.(up 1.83%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 0.4%), Nestle India Ltd.(down 0.21%) and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 0.04%) were trading in the red.