Oriental Trimex(up 2.88%), KIOCL(up 1.24%), Coal India(up 0.56%), MOIL(up 0.26%), Orissa Minerals Development Company(up 0.20%) and Pokarna(up 0.19%) were among the top gainers.
Lexus Granito(down 2.86%), Aro Granite Industries(down 1.90%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores(down 1.67%), Gujarat Mineral Dvpt Corporation(down 1.45%), NMDC Ltd(down 0.55%), Ashapura Minechem(down 0.14%) and Madhav Marbles and Granites(down 0.10%) were among the top losers.
The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 56.35 points down at 19338.95, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 223.19 points at 64609.01 at around 09:59AM.
HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 1.19%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 0.96%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 0.95%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(up 0.79%), Coal India Ltd.(up 0.55%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 0.39%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.39%), NTPC Ltd.(up 0.31%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(up 0.12%) and Bajaj Finance Ltd.(up 0.12%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.91%), Asian Paints Ltd.(down 1.2%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.05%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 0.99%), Titan Company Ltd.(down 0.85%), UPL Ltd.(down 0.83%), Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 0.8%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(down 0.77%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 0.75%) and Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 0.67%) were trading in the red.