Jindal Steel & Power, Tata Steel, Steel Authority of India, JSW Steel and Jindal Stainless (Hisar) were up in the range of 3 per cent to 8 per cent in intra-day trade.
According to a Bloomberg report, US President Donald Trump said he was exploring several locations to sign the first phase of a trade agreement with China, including Iowa.
Besides, ease in trade tensions between the United States and China lifted market sentiment.
Tata Steel, Vedanta and JSW Steel were down more than 5 per cent each on the NSE.
Hindustan Copper, Nalco, Hindalco, SAIL, Vedanta and NMDC from the Nifty Metal index were down in the range of 3% to 4% on the NSE.