Metal stock rally: The Nifty Metal index rose as much as 1.67 per cent to hit an intraday high of 9,185.20.
At close, among the 10 constituents on the index, 7 declined with Tech Mahindra down over 2 per cent, LTIMindtree, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Persistent Systems down over 1 per cent