Stock market update: Cement stocks mixed; Mangalam Cement climbs over 5%

NEW DELHI: Most of the cement stocks were trading on a mixed note in Monday's afternoon session.

Shares of Mangalam Cement (up 5.54 per cent), Burnpur Cement (up 4.46 per cent), Shri Keshav Cements (up 3.58 per cent), Birla Corporation (up 2.37 per cent) and Sagar Cements (up 1.38 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Andhra Cements (down 4.35 per cent), Shiva Cement (down 1.12 per cent), Dalmia Bharat (down 0.90 per cent), HeidelbergCement India (down 0.83 per cent) and Prism Johnson (down 0.74 per cent) were among the top losers.


The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 26.70 points down at 12,219.1, while the 30share BSE Sensex was down 104.86 points at 41,470.28 at around 12:38 pm.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 1.29 per cent), Bharti Airtel (up 0.99 per cent), Nestle India (up 0.88 per cent), ITC (up 0.74 per cent) and IndusInd Bank (up 0.68 per cent) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, State Bank of India (down 1.32 per cent), ICICI Bank (down 1.06 per cent), Axis Bank (down 0.87 per cent), HDFC (down 0.81 per cent) and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (down 0.74 per cent) were trading in the red.