Shares of nine metal firms rose by 0.09% to 4.70% at 13:33 IST on BSE after strong Chinese data.
Jindal Steel & Power (up 4.70%), Steel Authority of India (Sail) (up 4.11%), NMDC (up 3.79%), Tata Steel (up 2.27%), Hindalco Industries (up 1.59%), Hindustan Zinc (up 1.53%), Bhushan Steel (up 0.72%), JSW Steel (up 0.49%) and Sesa Sterlite (up 0.09%), edged higher.
The S&P BSE Metal index was up 1.59% at 12,488.47. It underperformed the Sensex, which was up 1.70% at 24,629.62.
The S&P BSE Metal index had underperformed the market over the past one month till 30 May 2014, rising 7.97% compared with 8.03% rise in the Sensex. The index had, however, outperformed the market in past one quarter, rising 15.18% as against Sensex's 14.66% rise.
China's Purchasing Managers' Index increased to 50.8 in May, the National Bureau of Statistics and China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said on Sunday, while authorities reduced some lenders' reserve requirement ratios as the government acts to support growth in the world's second-biggest economy.
China is the world's largest consumer of copper and aluminum.
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