Metal stocks were trading in the negative zone, with the S&P BSE Metal index falling 286.62 points or 1.5% at 18842.77 at 13:47 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Metal index, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (down 4%), Steel Authority of India Ltd (down 3.18%),Hindalco Industries Ltd (down 2.01%),Tata Steel Ltd (down 1.76%),Coal India Ltd (down 1.34%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were APL Apollo Tubes Ltd (down 0.94%), JSW Steel Ltd (down 0.5%), and Vedanta Ltd (down 0.46%).
On the other hand, Hindustan Zinc Ltd (up 0.69%), and National Aluminium Company Ltd (up 0.21%) moved up.
At 13:47 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 114.22 or 0.2% at 57811.06.
The Nifty 50 index was down 40.15 points or 0.24% at 17036.75.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 201.98 points or 0.74% at 26937.95.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was down 62.06 points or 0.73% at 8474.09.
On BSE,1232 shares were trading in green, 2167 were trading in red and 137 were unchanged.
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