Stock market update: Mining stocks down as market falls

NEW DELHI: Mining shares closed lower in the Tuesday's session.

Pokarna Ltd.(up 7.38%), Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd.(up 5.00%), Oriental Trimex Ltd.(up 2.77%), KIOCL Ltd.(up 2.47%), Coal India Ltd.(up 0.91%) and MOIL Ltd.(up 0.63%) stood among the top gainers.

Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(down 3.70%), NMDC Ltd.(down 2.89%), 20 Microns Ltd.(down 1.96%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(down 1.47%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(down 0.99%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(down 0.92%), Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(down 0.84%) and The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(down 0.44%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 18.11 points down at 24123.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 34.74 points at 79441.45.

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(up 2.84%), Wipro Ltd.(up 2.06%), Infosys Ltd.(up 1.91%), HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 1.49%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.99%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 0.96%), Coal India Ltd.(up 0.91%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 0.82%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 0.72%) and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 0.7%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 3.4%), Bharti Airtel Ltd.(down 2.42%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 2.13%), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 2.08%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 1.89%), State Bank of India(down 1.88%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.83%), ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 1.76%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 1.53%) and Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 1.38%) closed in the red.