MOIL Ltd.(up 7.95%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(up 1.98%), NMDC Ltd.(up 1.60%), KIOCL Ltd.(up 1.59%) and Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(up 0.93%) stood among the top gainers.
Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(down 6.54%), 20 Microns Ltd.(down 6.29%), Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd.(down 4.61%), Pokarna Ltd.(down 2.05%), Oriental Trimex Ltd.(down 2.00%), Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(down 1.34%), Coal India Ltd.(down 0.72%), The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(down 0.40%) and Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(down 0.34%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 65.16 points down at 22032.3, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 199.17 points at 73128.77.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 2.81%), Tata Steel Ltd.(up 1.75%), Titan Company Ltd.(up 1.64%), ITC Ltd.(up 1.01%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 0.96%), JSW Steel Ltd.(up 0.87%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(up 0.86%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 0.86%), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 0.79%) and Asian Paints Ltd.(up 0.71%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(down 2.44%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 2.07%), Wipro Ltd.(down 1.95%), NTPC Ltd.(down 1.83%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.49%), Reliance Industries Ltd.(down 1.4%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 1.3%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.29%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 1.26%) and Infosys Ltd.(down 1.25%) closed in the red.