Tata Steel (up 1.33%), Sail (up 1.15%), Sterlite Industries (India) (up 0.95%), Jindal Steel & Power (up 0.84%), Hindustan Zinc (up 0.76%), Sesa Goa (up 0.71%), Bhushan Steel (up 0.58%), JSW Steel (up 0.47%) and Hindalco Industries (up 0.44%), edged higher.
The BSE Metal index was up 0.49% at 11,437.05. It outperformed the Sensex, which was up 0.04% at 19,723.11.
The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 2 January 2013, rising 9.91% compared with the Sensex's 1.94% rise. The scrip had also outperformed the market in past one quarter, rising 7.78% as against Sensex's 4.73% rise.
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