Metal stocks were trading in red, with the S&P BSE Metal index decreasing 321.78 points or 1.41% at 22468.39 at 13:52 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Metal index, Hindalco Industries Ltd (down 3.97%), Tata Steel Ltd (down 1.13%),Vedanta Ltd (down 1.12%),Steel Authority of India Ltd (down 1.07%),Coal India Ltd (down 1.06%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were JSW Steel Ltd (down 0.8%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (down 0.66%), and NMDC Ltd (down 0.5%).
On the other hand, APL Apollo Tubes Ltd (up 1.59%), and Hindustan Zinc Ltd (up 0.56%) turned up.
At 13:52 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 375.21 or 0.65% at 57536.47.
The Nifty 50 index was down 123.4 points or 0.71% at 17269.2.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 21.63 points or 0.07% at 29380.06.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was down 26.62 points or 0.3% at 8703.68.
On BSE,1628 shares were trading in green, 1697 were trading in red and 134 were unchanged.
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