Metal stocks were trading in the negative zone, with the BSE Metal index falling 619.36 points or 1.84% at 32980.19 at 13:47 IST.
Among the components of the BSE Metal index, National Aluminium Company Ltd (down 3.86%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (down 2.8%),Steel Authority of India Ltd (down 2.53%),Hindalco Industries Ltd (down 2.44%),NMDC Ltd (down 2.26%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were JSW Steel Ltd (down 1.89%), Tata Steel Ltd (down 1.86%), Vedanta Ltd (down 1.84%), Coal India Ltd (down 1.17%), and APL Apollo Tubes Ltd (down 1.07%).
On the other hand, Jindal Stainless Ltd (up 1.1%), moved up.
At 13:47 IST, the BSE SmallCap was up 369.86 or 0.65% at 57002.24.
The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was up 5.53 points or 0.03% at 16739.11.
The Nifty 50 index was down 63.9 points or 0.25% at 25064.05.
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The BSE Sensex index was down 137.01 points or 0.17% at 81836.04.
On BSE,1937 shares were trading in green, 1955 were trading in red and 119 were unchanged.
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