Metal stocks were trading in green, with the BSE Metal index increasing 106.59 points or 0.37% at 28790.32 at 09:42 IST.
Among the components of the BSE Metal index, JSW Steel Ltd (up 0.95%), Tata Steel Ltd (up 0.5%),Steel Authority of India Ltd (up 0.46%),Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (up 0.35%),Hindustan Zinc Ltd (up 0.32%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Coal India Ltd (up 0.23%), Vedanta Ltd (up 0.18%), and National Aluminium Company Ltd (up 0.1%).
On the other hand, NMDC Ltd (down 1.07%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd (down 0.51%), and Jindal Stainless Ltd (down 0.36%) turned lower.
At 09:42 IST, the BSE SmallCap was down 305.04 or 0.6% at 50945.25.
The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was down 68.17 points or 0.45% at 14959.63.
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The Nifty 50 index was down 11.15 points or 0.05% at 23194.2.
The BSE Sensex index was up 26.6 points or 0.03% at 76546.98.
On BSE,1402 shares were trading in green, 1547 were trading in red and 141 were unchanged.
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