Stock market update: Mining stocks up as market rises

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

Oriental Trimex Ltd.(up 5.96%), Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(up 4.87%), Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd.(up 3.59%), Pokarna Ltd.(up 1.87%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(up 1.66%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(up 1.53%), Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(up 1.46%), 20 Microns Ltd.(up 1.44%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(up 1.09%) and NMDC Ltd.(up 1.06%) were among the top gainers.

were among the top losers.


The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 14.71 points up at 23606.65, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 13.87 points at 77620.3 at around 11:11AM.

Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 4.27%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 3.27%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 2.72%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(up 2.29%), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 1.96%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 1.6%), Nestle India Ltd.(up 1.52%), Reliance Industries Ltd.(up 1.3%), Trent Ltd.(up 1.29%) and Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up 1.23%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 2.75%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 1.77%), Wipro Ltd.(down 1.73%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(down 1.53%), Infosys Ltd.(down 1.43%), Cipla Ltd.(down 1.41%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(down 1.27%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 1.05%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.99%) and IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 0.9%) were trading in the red.