Metal stocks were trading in the negative zone, with the S&P BSE Metal index falling 240.02 points or 2.59% at 9018.8 at 13:47 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Metal index, National Aluminium Company Ltd (down 5.35%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (down 4.99%),NMDC Ltd (down 4.52%),Steel Authority of India Ltd (down 4.37%),Hindustan Zinc Ltd (down 3.72%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Hindalco Industries Ltd (down 3.31%), Tata Steel Ltd (down 3.01%), Vedanta Ltd (down 2.78%), Coal India Ltd (down 1.31%), and JSW Steel Ltd (down 0.9%).
At 13:47 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 486.52 or 1.24% at 38610.62.
The Nifty 50 index was down 140.3 points or 1.21% at 11447.9.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 177.17 points or 1.3% at 13411.03.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was down 69.31 points or 1.52% at 4484.75.
On BSE,669 shares were trading in green, 1661 were trading in red and 126 were unchanged.
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