Oriental Trimex Ltd.(up 4.12%) and Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd.(up 2.67%) stood among the top gainers.
KIOCL Ltd.(down 5.91%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(down 3.99%), MOIL Ltd.(down 3.36%), The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(down 2.84%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(down 2.80%), Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(down 2.43%), Pokarna Ltd.(down 1.94%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(down 1.58%), NMDC Ltd.(down 1.52%) and Coal India Ltd.(down 1.24%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 225.1 points down at 24837.0, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 721.08 points at 81463.09.
Cipla Ltd.(up 3.0%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 2.15%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(up 1.43%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.98%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 0.67%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 0.42%) and Bharti Airtel Ltd.(up 0.1%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 4.72%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 2.86%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 2.8%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 2.57%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 2.45%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(down 2.43%), Infosys Ltd.(down 2.38%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(down 2.29%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 2.24%) and Trent Ltd.(down 2.16%) closed in the red.