Metal stocks surge
Metal stocks were trading in green, with the S&P BSE Metal index increasing 280.36 points or 1.44% at 19811.27 at 09:50 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Metal index, NMDC Ltd (up 3.93%), Hindalco Industries Ltd (up 3.14%),Steel Authority of India Ltd (up 2.69%),Vedanta Ltd (up 1.39%),Tata Steel Ltd (up 1.08%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Coal India Ltd (up 1.06%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (up 0.92%), JSW Steel Ltd (up 0.85%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd (up 0.3%), and Hindustan Zinc Ltd (up 0.05%).
At 09:50 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 76.28 or 0.14% at 55872.82.
The Nifty 50 index was down 9.45 points or 0.06% at 16627.45.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 39.17 points or 0.15% at 26081.71.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 25.75 points or 0.32% at 8040.34.
On BSE,1408 shares were trading in green, 1142 were trading in red and 109 were unchanged.
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First Published: Aug 27 2021 | 10:01 AM IST