Share market update: Mining stocks advance; Shirpur Gold gains 3%

NEW DELHI: Mining stocks were trading on a positive note in Thursday's afternoon session.

Shares of Shirpur Gold Refinery (up 3.09 per cent), Divyashakti Granites (up 2.71 per cent), Inani Marbles (up 2.04 per cent), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (up 1.39 per cent), Pacific Industries (up 1.27 per cent) and Deccan Gold Mines (up 1.21 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Oriental Trimex (up 1.11 per cent), National Mineral Development Corp (up 1.04 per cent), KIOCL (up 0.82 per cent), MOIL (up 0.71 per cent), 20 Microns (up 0.47 per cent), Orissa Minerals Development Company (up 0.08 per cent) and Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores (up 0.03 per cent) were the other gainers among mining stocks.


While Moryo Industries (down 4.83 per cent), Foundry Fuel (down 4.71 per cent), Pokarna (down 2.60 per cent), SVC Resources (down 1.84 per cent), Aro Granite Industries (down 1.65 per cent), Coal India (down 0.93 per cent), ASI Industries (down 0.79 per cent) and Ashapura Minechem (down 0.59 per cent) were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty 50 index was trading 79.10 points down at 12135.45, while the 30 shares BSE Sensex was down 268.61 points at 41192.65 at around 03:01 pm.