Metal stocks were trading with gains, with the S&P BSE Metal index increasing 198.67 points or 1.3% at 15471.26 at 09:49 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Metal index, JSW Steel Ltd (up 2.88%), Steel Authority of India Ltd (up 2.84%),National Aluminium Company Ltd (up 2.6%),Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (up 1.54%),Tata Steel Ltd (up 1.03%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Hindalco Industries Ltd (up 0.91%), Coal India Ltd (up 0.81%), Vedanta Ltd (up 0.15%), and Hindustan Zinc Ltd (up 0.08%).
At 09:49 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 333.45 or 0.68% at 49492.77.
The Nifty 50 index was up 104.5 points or 0.71% at 14742.3.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 181.11 points or 0.87% at 21026.1.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 48.34 points or 0.7% at 6937.62.
On BSE,1575 shares were trading in green, 558 were trading in red and 89 were unchanged.
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