Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(up 10.00%) and Oriental Trimex Ltd.(up 2.42%) stood among the top gainers.
Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(down 3.19%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(down 2.68%), 20 Microns Ltd.(down 2.59%), MOIL Ltd.(down 2.46%), Coal India Ltd.(down 2.27%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(down 1.97%), The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(down 1.70%), NMDC Ltd.(down 1.45%), Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(down 1.20%) and KIOCL Ltd.(down 0.47%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 41.91 points down at 23516.0, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 36.45 points at 77337.59.
HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 3.12%), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 2.92%), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 1.93%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 1.59%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 1.35%), State Bank of India(up 0.92%), Infosys Ltd.(up 0.88%), Wipro Ltd.(up 0.8%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.72%) and HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 0.61%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Titan Company Ltd.(down 3.53%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(down 2.7%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 2.54%), Bharti Airtel Ltd.(down 2.53%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(down 2.41%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 2.4%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 2.35%), Coal India Ltd.(down 2.27%), NTPC Ltd.(down 1.94%) and Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 1.9%) closed in the red.