Metal stocks were trading in the negative zone, with the S&P BSE Metal index falling 291.69 points or 1.46% at 19754.62 at 13:45 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Metal index, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (down 2.71%), Hindalco Industries Ltd (down 2.35%),Vedanta Ltd (down 1.58%),JSW Steel Ltd (down 1.56%),Steel Authority of India Ltd (down 1.44%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Tata Steel Ltd (down 1.37%), National Aluminium Company Ltd (down 1.26%), and Coal India Ltd (down 0.52%).
On the other hand, APL Apollo Tubes Ltd (up 0.42%), moved up.
At 13:45 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 396.7 or 0.64% at 62690.34.
The Nifty 50 index was up 98.75 points or 0.53% at 18611.5.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 183.74 points or 0.63% at 29385.43.
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The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 46.45 points or 0.51% at 9089.13.
On BSE,2069 shares were trading in green, 1469 were trading in red and 182 were unchanged.
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