Metal stocks were trading in the negative zone, with the S&P BSE Metal index falling 154.55 points or 2.42% at 6244.24 at 13:53 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Metal index, Hindalco Industries Ltd (down 5.1%), JSW Steel Ltd (down 3.62%),NMDC Ltd (down 3.47%),Tata Steel Ltd (down 2.66%),Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (down 2.57%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Steel Authority of India Ltd (down 2.26%), Coal India Ltd (down 1.15%), and Vedanta Ltd (down 0.67%).
On the other hand, National Aluminium Company Ltd (up 0.52%), and Hindustan Zinc Ltd (up 0.43%) moved up.
At 13:53 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 685.1 or 2.14% at 31323.51.
The Nifty 50 index was down 201.45 points or 2.15% at 9182.1.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 56.1 points or 0.52% at 10718.33.
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The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was down 12.03 points or 0.32% at 3805.59.
On BSE,884 shares were trading in green, 1254 were trading in red and 142 were unchanged.
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