Metal stocks slide
Metal stocks were trading in red, with the S&P BSE Metal index decreasing 142.94 points or 1.02% at 13935.49 at 13:48 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Metal index, Steel Authority of India Ltd (down 1.76%), Tata Steel Ltd (down 1.73%),National Aluminium Company Ltd (down 1.59%),Vedanta Ltd (down 1.31%),Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (down 1.1%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were JSW Steel Ltd (down 1.08%), Coal India Ltd (down 1.06%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd (down 0.73%), and Hindalco Industries Ltd (down 0.28%).
On the other hand, NMDC Ltd (up 0.37%), turned up.
At 13:48 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 57.02 or 0.11% at 50452.1.
The Nifty 50 index was up 6.7 points or 0.04% at 14936.2.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 40.7 points or 0.19% at 21136.49.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 10.76 points or 0.16% at 6944.84.
On BSE,1446 shares were trading in green, 1433 were trading in red and 164 were unchanged.
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First Published: Mar 16 2021 | 2:00 PM IST