Metal stocks were trading in red, with the BSE Metal index decreasing 178.83 points or 0.54% at 32658.64 at 13:42 IST.
Among the components of the BSE Metal index, JSW Steel Ltd (down 1.54%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (down 1.35%),Jindal Stainless Ltd (down 1.2%),Coal India Ltd (down 0.92%),Hindalco Industries Ltd (down 0.79%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were APL Apollo Tubes Ltd (down 0.64%), Steel Authority of India Ltd (down 0.62%), and Tata Steel Ltd (down 0.39%).
On the other hand, National Aluminium Company Ltd (up 1.67%), Vedanta Ltd (up 0.51%), and NMDC Ltd (up 0.39%) turned up.
At 13:42 IST, the BSE SmallCap was up 257.38 or 0.46% at 56053.
The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was up 58.2 points or 0.35% at 16724.83.
The Nifty 50 index was up 50.8 points or 0.2% at 25061.4.
The BSE Sensex index was up 183.06 points or 0.22% at 81881.17.
On BSE,2183 shares were trading in green, 1680 were trading in red and 120 were unchanged.
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