Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(up 2.56%) and Coal India Ltd.(up 0.57%) stood among the top gainers.
Oriental Trimex Ltd.(down 3.49%), NMDC Ltd.(down 2.97%), 20 Microns Ltd.(down 2.80%), Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(down 2.73%), KIOCL Ltd.(down 2.69%), MOIL Ltd.(down 2.34%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(down 1.98%), Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd.(down 1.41%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(down 1.29%) and The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(down 1.14%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 140.61 points down at 24273.8, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 411.97 points at 80334.81.
HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 1.12%), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 0.94%), Titan Company Ltd.(up 0.92%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 0.85%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(up 0.75%), Coal India Ltd.(up 0.57%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.51%), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 0.38%), Infosys Ltd.(up 0.21%) and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.12%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 3.28%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 2.89%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 2.83%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 2.79%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 2.62%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(down 2.54%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(down 2.29%), Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 2.13%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 1.91%) and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(down 1.89%) closed in the red.