Stock market update: Mining stocks mixed; Ashapura Minechem tumbles 5%

NEW DELHI: Shares of mining companies were trading on a mixed note in Monday's morning session.

Shares of National Mineral Development Corp (up 1.95 per cent), Aro Granite Industries (up 0.39 per cent) and 20 Microns (up 0.15 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Ashapura Minechem (down 4.87 per cent), Pokarna (down 4.33 per cent) and Shirpur Gold Refinery (down 2.16 per cent) were among the top losers.


The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 3.85 points down at 12,052.2, while the 30share BSE Sensex was up 20.33 points at 40,814.14 at around 10:49 am.

Bharti Airtel (up 7.46 per cent), Grasim Industries (up 3.46 per cent), Reliance Industries (up 2.46 per cent), Bharti Infratel (up 2.46 per cent) and JSW Steel (up 1.41 per cent) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Bajaj Finance (down 2.95 per cent), Tech Mahindra (down 2.77 per cent), Eicher Motors (down 2.52 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 2.39 per cent) and Cipla (down 1.87 per cent) were trading in the red.