Metal shares slide

Metal stocks were trading with losses, with the BSE Metal index falling 422.46 points or 1.3% at 32033.35 at 13:42 IST.

Among the components of the BSE Metal index, Jindal Stainless Ltd (down 5.77%), NMDC Ltd (down 3.57%),National Aluminium Company Ltd (down 2.52%),Hindalco Industries Ltd (down 2.37%),APL Apollo Tubes Ltd (down 1.81%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Vedanta Ltd (down 1.16%), Coal India Ltd (down 1.13%), Steel Authority of India Ltd (down 1.12%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (down 0.71%), and Tata Steel Ltd (down 0.29%).

At 13:42 IST, the BSE SmallCap was down 370.46 or 0.66% at 55651.09.

 

The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was down 75.22 points or 0.45% at 16679.2.

The Nifty 50 index was up 13.15 points or 0.05% at 25249.05.

The BSE Sensex index was up 104.79 points or 0.13% at 82470.56.

On BSE,1652 shares were trading in green, 2346 were trading in red and 144 were unchanged.

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