Since April, the Nifty Metal index has zoomed 25 per cent, as against 7.2 per cent gain in Nifty 50.
In the past one month, the Nifty Midcap 100 index outperformed the market by gaining 3.4 per cent, as compared to 0.1 per cent decline in the Nifty 50.
SAIL plans to spend over Rs 35,000 crore over the next two years on capacity expansion projects at its IISCO, Bokaro and Bhilai steel plants
Rising production, ageing workforces, and rapid automation are pushing India's industrial companies towards leaner, productivity-driven workforce structures
SAIL share price today: SAIL said the company delivered a strong performance across all key metrics in FY 2025-26 (FY26), underscoring the robustness and resilience of its core business operations.
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Ajit Mishra of Religare Broking expects SAIL to rally to ₹240, and Dixon Technologies past ₹13,000-mark; whereas, he cautions Kaynes Technology could crack to ₹2,500 if it breaks key support.
The average trading volumes at the counter jumped nearly three-fold with a combined 79.6 million shares changing hands on the NSE and BSE till 11:40 AM.
Ashok Kumar Panda has assumed charge as chairman and managing director of SAIL, with a focus on expansion, raw material security and value-added steel
Analysts at JM Financial Institutional Securities have pegged an upside target of ₹393 per share on BHEL; whereas Axis Securities expects SAIL to rally toward ₹200-mark.
Analysts believe SAIL is expected to deliver improved performance ahead, driven by safeguard duty-led steel price hikes, favourable demand tailwinds, and a focus on cost optimization.
The Nifty Metal index hit a new high of 12,816 in intra-day trade on Thursday and has bounced back 18% from its previous month low of 10,819.85 touched on March 23, 2026.
Most brokerages expect a healthy improvement in earnings for the ferrous sector, with Ebitda growth likely on both a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) and quarter-on-quarter (Q-o-Q) basis
Rourkela Steel Plant achieves record output across key units and improves efficiency metrics, driven by higher capacity utilisation and operational stability in FY26
Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Chairman and Managing Director Amarendu Prakash has resigned from his post, effective April 2, following approval from the steel ministry, a regulatory filing said. In the interim, company's Director (Personnel) Krishna Kumar Singh has been given additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director for three months from April 2 to July 1, 2026 or until a regular incumbent joins or until further orders, whichever is earlier, as per a steel ministry order. In a filing to the BSE, SAIL said that Prakash tendered his resignation notice to the ministry on January 2. "The Competent Authority has approved his resignation from the post of Chairman and Managing Director, SAIL w.e.f. 1 April 2026. Accordingly, Amarendu Prakash, Chairman and Managing Director, SAIL has ceased to be a member of the SAIL Board, w.e.f. 1 April, 2026," the filing said. In his resignation letter to the government, he said, "I request for an early release and commensurate notice
The Nifty Metal index fell over 3 per cent to hit an intraday low of 11,052.55, dragged by Hindustan Copper, Hindustan Zinc, APL Apollo Tubes, Tata Steel, SAIL, Adani Enterprises, and Jindal Steel
At 9:40 AM, individually, among others on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), National Aluminium Company (Nalco) jumped 6.11 per cent, followed by Hindalco up 4.3 per cent, Vedanta rose 3.66 per cent
Nifty Metal fell as much as 1.6 per cent in trade to day's low at 11,156.7. At 10:49 PM, 14 out of 15 stocks on the index traded with losses
Excluding National Aluminium, 14 of 15 index constituents rose on Friday, with Lloyds Metals & Energy, Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Jindal Steel, and APL Apollo Tubes gaining over 3 per cent each
In the ferrous space, analysts at ICICI Securities don't foresee any major impact due to ongoing geopolitical tensions as exports share of total steel production is pegged at <6 per cent.