Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(up 3.70%), NMDC Ltd.(up 2.85%), Oriental Trimex Ltd.(up 2.54%), KIOCL Ltd.(up 2.19%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(up 0.80%), MOIL Ltd.(up 0.15%) and Coal India Ltd.(up 0.11%) stood among the top gainers.
Pokarna Ltd.(down 2.44%), Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd.(down 1.94%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(down 0.80%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(down 0.60%), Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(down 0.58%), The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(down 0.21%) and 20 Microns Ltd.(down 0.07%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 152.6 points up at 22666.3, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 494.28 points at 74742.5.
Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 4.33%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 3.58%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 3.22%), NTPC Ltd.(up 2.53%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 2.26%), JSW Steel Ltd.(up 2.26%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 1.96%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 1.94%), Reliance Industries Ltd.(up 1.78%) and Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(up 1.73%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(down 1.96%), Nestle India Ltd.(down 1.57%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(down 1.41%), UPL Ltd.(down 1.08%), Wipro Ltd.(down 1.07%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 0.62%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 0.58%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 0.34%), HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 0.2%) and Infosys Ltd.(down 0.17%) closed in the red.