Stock market update: Mining stocks up as market rises

NEW DELHI: Mining stocks were trading higher on Monday at 11:10AM

Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(up 4.94%), Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(up 3.49%), Oriental Trimex Ltd.(up 2.84%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(up 2.65%), The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(up 2.31%), NMDC Ltd.(up 2.05%), Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd.(up 2.04%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(up 1.83%), 20 Microns Ltd.(up 1.27%) and KIOCL Ltd.(up 1.01%) were among the top gainers.

were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 67.46 points up at 24078.05, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 192.6 points at 79225.33 at around 11:10AM.

Wipro Ltd.(up 3.55%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 2.16%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 1.99%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up 1.89%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 1.85%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 1.55%), JSW Steel Ltd.(up 1.5%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 1.45%), Nestle India Ltd.(up 1.36%) and Infosys Ltd.(up 1.27%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, NTPC Ltd.(down 1.95%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(down 1.03%), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.97%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 0.96%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(down 0.91%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 0.72%), State Bank of India(down 0.71%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 0.7%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(down 0.69%) and Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 0.64%) were trading in the red.