MOIL(up 5.20%), NMDC Ltd(up 2.87%), Coal India(up 1.48%), Ashapura Minechem(up 1.13%), Orissa Minerals Development Company(up 1.08%) and Gujarat Mineral Dvpt Corporation(up 0.64%) were among the top gainers.
20 Microns(down 1.57%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores(down 1.26%), Aro Granite Industries(down 0.94%), Pokarna(down 0.75%) and KIOCL(down 0.57%) were among the top losers.
The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 91.45 points down at 19434.1, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 339.06 points at 64920.39 at around 10:24AM.
NTPC Ltd.(up 1.94%), Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 1.83%), Coal India Ltd.(up 1.44%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 1.28%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 0.89%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 0.74%), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.66%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 0.41%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 0.38%) and Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.33%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 2.01%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 1.54%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.45%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(down 1.29%), Asian Paints Ltd.(down 0.96%), UPL Ltd.(down 0.92%), ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 0.9%), State Bank of India(down 0.88%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 0.85%) and Nestle India Ltd.(down 0.76%) were trading in the red.