Metal stocks slide: Share price of Hindustan Zinc, NALCO, Vedanta and Hindalco Industries were down 8% to 14% on the NSE in intra-day trade on Sunday, Budget day.
Metal stocks today: Hindustan Copper, NALCO, Vedanta, Hindustan Zinc, Hindalco Industries and NMDC were down in the range of 6 per cent to 11 per cent on the NSE in Friday's intra-day trade.
Thus far in the month of January 2026, the stock price of Hindustan Copper has surged 53 per cent, as compared to a near 4 per cent decline in the BSE Sensex.
At 11:15 AM on Wednesday; the Nifty Metal index was up 2.5 per cent, as compared to 0.6 per cent rise in the Nifty 50.