MOIL Ltd.(up 4.36%), Lexus Granito(India) Ltd.(up 3.27%), 20 Microns Ltd.(3.09%), KIOCL Ltd.(2.00%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(up) 1.94 %) and The Orissa Minerals Development Company Limited (1.66%) were among the top beneficiaries.
NMDC Ltd.(down 2.12%), Oriental Trimax Ltd.(down 1.88%), Coal India Ltd.(1.36%), Arrow Granite Industries Ltd.(down 1.07%), Pokarna Ltd.(down 0.85%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (down 0.59%) and Ashapura Minechem Ltd (down 0.41%) were among the day’s top losers.
The NSE Nifty50 index rose 36.75 points to close at 23537.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex gained 131.18 points to close at 77341.08.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (up 2.68%), Shriram Finance Ltd. (up 2.15%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (2.15%), Grasim Industries Ltd. (1.99%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (1.86% , Tata Consumer Products Ltd. (up 1.58%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (up 1.49%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (up 1.46%), Hero Motocorp Ltd. (up 1.33%) and Nestlé India Ltd. (up 1.27%). Nifty was among the top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (down 2.41%), Cipla Ltd. (down 2.41%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (down 1.7%), Coal India Ltd. (down 1.36%), Tata Steel Ltd. (down 1.11%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (down 0.88%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. (down 0.78%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (down 0.77%), Axis Bank Ltd. (down 0.76%) and Bajaj Finance Ltd. (down 0.74%) closed in the red.
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