Metal stocks were trading with losses, with the BSE Metal index decreasing 406.62 points or 1.39% at 28792.8 at 13:42 IST.
Among the components of the BSE Metal index, NMDC Ltd (down 3.75%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd (down 3.33%),Hindalco Industries Ltd (down 2.59%),National Aluminium Company Ltd (down 2.55%),Steel Authority of India Ltd (down 2.34%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Vedanta Ltd (down 1.93%), Jindal Stainless Ltd (down 1.9%), JSW Steel Ltd (down 1.38%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (down 1.16%), and Tata Steel Ltd (down 0.76%).
On the other hand, APL Apollo Tubes Ltd (up 0.1%), turned up.
At 13:42 IST, the BSE SmallCap was down 331.91 or 0.6% at 54716.21.
The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was down 49.94 points or 0.31% at 15848.88.
The Nifty 50 index was down 109.35 points or 0.46% at 23704.05078125.
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The BSE Sensex index was down 351.71 points or 0.45% at 78347.36.
On BSE,1458 shares were trading in green, 2594 were trading in red and 159 were unchanged.
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