Metal shares slide
Metal stocks were trading with losses, with the BSE Metal index falling 711.35 points or 2.44% at 28486.14 at 13:47 IST.
Among the components of the BSE Metal index, National Aluminium Company Ltd (down 4.32%), Steel Authority of India Ltd (down 4.3%),Vedanta Ltd (down 3.37%),NMDC Ltd (down 3%),Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (down 2.8%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Hindalco Industries Ltd (down 2.55%), Tata Steel Ltd (down 2.31%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd (down 2.22%), JSW Steel Ltd (down 2.21%), and APL Apollo Tubes Ltd (down 1.48%).
At 13:47 IST, the BSE SmallCap was down 537.96 or 1.17% at 45318.04.
The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was down 164.79 points or 1.18% at 13850.65.
The Nifty 50 index was down 262.95 points or 1.15% at 22532.95.
The BSE Sensex index was down 908.25 points or 1.21% at 74402.81.
On BSE,1144 shares were trading in green, 2790 were trading in red and 189 were unchanged.
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