Despite a lackluster trade, most mining stocks were trading in the green. Nifty constituent Coal India was up 1.36%, while The Orissa Minerals Development Company, Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC), NMDC, Hindustan Zinc, Vedanta and MOIL gained between 4.50% and 0.22%.
Among the top additions for mutual funds in the small cap space were Eric Lifesciences, PVR Inox, CreditAccess Grameen, Amara Raja Batteries and Aegis Logistics