Metal stocks were trading with losses, with the S&P BSE Metal index falling 195 points or 2.39% at 7953.3 at 13:54 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Metal index, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (down 4.95%), National Aluminium Company Ltd (down 4.24%),NMDC Ltd (down 3.99%),Tata Steel Ltd (down 3.86%),Steel Authority of India Ltd (down 3.3%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Coal India Ltd (down 3.09%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd (down 3.01%), Hindalco Industries Ltd (down 2.51%), and JSW Steel Ltd (down 2.35%).
On the other hand, Vedanta Ltd (up 1.54%), moved up.
At 13:54 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 776.85 or 2.06% at 36891.57.
The Nifty 50 index was down 211.6 points or 1.9% at 10920.25.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 276.77 points or 1.91% at 14222.76.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was down 82.1 points or 1.71% at 4729.49.
On BSE,520 shares were trading in green, 1995 were trading in red and 145 were unchanged.
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