MOIL Ltd.(up 4.36%), Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(up 3.27%), 20 Microns Ltd.(up 3.09%), KIOCL Ltd.(up 2.00%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(up 1.94%) and The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(up 1.66%) stood among the top gainers.
NMDC Ltd.(down 2.12%), Oriental Trimex Ltd.(down 1.88%), Coal India Ltd.(down 1.36%), Aro 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 top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 36.75 points up at 23537.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 131.18 points at 77341.08.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 2.68%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(up 2.15%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 2.15%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 1.99%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 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 Nestle India Ltd.(up 1.27%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty 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.