Metal Stocks

Most brokerages expect a healthy improvement in earnings for the ferrous sector, with Ebitda growth likely on both a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) and quarter-on-quarter (Q-o-Q) basis

Ajit Mishra expects upside momentum to continue in metal shares for now. Among individual stocks he predicts up to 18% upside in Jindal Steel, National Aluminium and NMDC.

Stock market today: Indian equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty staged a sharp recovery on Thursday, April 2, driven by a stronger rupee and selective buying across certain sectors

The Nifty Metal index fell over 3 per cent to hit an intraday low of 11,052.55, dragged by Hindustan Copper, Hindustan Zinc, APL Apollo Tubes, Tata Steel, SAIL, Adani Enterprises, and Jindal Steel

The Nifty50 is expected to close the fiscal year 2026 (FY26) with nearly 3 per cent loss, against a 5.3 per cent gain in the preceding financial year.

Nifty Metal fell as much as 1.6 per cent in trade to day's low at 11,156.7. At 10:49 PM, 14 out of 15 stocks on the index traded with losses

The Nifty Metal index, which tracks 15 companies from the metals and mining sector, plunged 4.71 per cent to hit an intraday low of 10,874 on the NSE

Excluding National Aluminium, 14 of 15 index constituents rose on Friday, with Lloyds Metals & Energy, Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Jindal Steel, and APL Apollo Tubes gaining over 3 per cent each

According to analysts, the broader weakness in metal stocks reflects the risk-off sentiment across global markets amid rising geopolitical tensions

Metal shares declined on Wednesday, following weakness in global markets and a broad-based risk-off sentiment triggered by escalating geopolitical tensions in West Asia

Tata Steel, JSW Steel and Jindal Steel hit their respective all-time highs on the NSE today

Steel prices have rebounded and domestic demand is firm, while non-ferrous metals benefit from tight LME inventories and global supply issues, supporting a positive near-term view on metal stocks

Thus far in CY26, the Nifty Metal has been the best performing sectoral index that moved up around 10 per cent, ACE Equity data shows. In comparison, the Nifty 50 index lost nearly 1 per cent

The stock fell to an intraday low of ₹702.40 per share before paring some losses. Around 11 AM, Vedanta was trading 6.93 per cent lower at ₹713, underperforming the broader market.

The counter rose 7 per cent to ₹436.50, the highest level since November 12, 2010, on the National Stock Exchange, according to data on Bloomberg

If current spot prices for aluminium, zinc and silver hold through FY27, Emkay estimates Vedanta and Nalco to see Ebitda upgrades of about 5.5 per cent and 4.9 per cent

Technical charts suggest that Tata Steel, Hindalco and National Aluminium can potentially rally up to 10%; here are the key levels to watch out for on these metal stocks.

HSBC on steel stocks: HSBC sees further upside in metal stocks as demand rises and imports stay restricted by policy support. Hindalco and Tata Steel get Buy ratings; Hindustan Zinc rated Hold

In the Nifty Metal index, Hindustan Copper rallied as high as 6.37 per cent, while Hindustan Zinc and Tata Steel rose 4.9 per cent and 3.4 per cent, respectively

JP Morgan has raised Tata Steel's share price target to ₹195 from ₹180, implying an upside potential of 14 per cent from current levels.