Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(up 2.81%), MOIL Ltd.(up 2.21%), Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(up 0.54%), The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(up 0.21%) and Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(up 0.15%) were among the top gainers.
Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(down 2.65%), Oriental Trimex Ltd.(down 2.03%), 20 Microns Ltd.(down 2.01%), Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd.(down 1.88%), NMDC Ltd.(down 0.54%), Coal India Ltd.(down 0.47%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(down 0.33%), KIOCL Ltd.(down 0.22%) and Pokarna Ltd.(down 0.07%) were among the top losers.
The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 67.4 points at 24273.45, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 244.13 points at 79698.05 at around 10:13AM.
Cipla Ltd.(up 7.51%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(up 6.51%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 1.34%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 0.97%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 0.9%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 0.54%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 0.47%), Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 0.41%), JSW Steel Ltd.(up 0.41%) and Tata Steel Ltd.(up 0.36%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 4.19%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 3.08%), Infosys Ltd.(down 2.35%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(down 2.28%), Wipro Ltd.(down 2.0%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 1.58%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 1.45%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 1.28%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.17%) and Titan Company Ltd.(down 1.13%) were trading in the red.