Metal stocks were trading with gains, with the S&P BSE Metal index rising 921.39 points or 4.95% at 19527.86 at 09:51 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Metal index, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (up 6.9%), Steel Authority of India Ltd (up 6.76%),APL Apollo Tubes Ltd (up 6.15%),Tata Steel Ltd (up 5.54%),Vedanta Ltd (up 5.09%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were NMDC Ltd (up 4.69%), JSW Steel Ltd (up 4.64%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd (up 4.49%), Coal India Ltd (up 4.1%), and Hindalco Industries Ltd (up 3.62%).
At 09:51 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 1376.39 or 2.52% at 55906.3.
The Nifty 50 index was up 410.45 points or 2.53% at 16658.4.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 1096.21 points or 4.32% at 26487.16.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 311.36 points or 3.99% at 8105.86.
On BSE,2368 shares were trading in green, 566 were trading in red and 89 were unchanged.
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