Share market update: Metal shares decline; Hindustan Copper falls 3%

NEW DELHI: Most metal stocks were trading with losses in Wednesday's session, keeping their sectoral index on NSE in the negative zone.

Shares of Hindustan Copper (down 2.96 per cent) , NMDC (down 0.84 per cent) , Steel Authority of India (SAIL) (down 0.53 per cent) and MOIL (down 0.51 per cent) were the worst performers in the index.

Coal India (down 0.40 per cent) , APL Apollo Tubes (down 0.28 per cent) and Tata Steel (down 0.13 per cent) too were trading in the red.


The Nifty Metal index was trading 0.06 per cent down at 2766.30 around 10:48 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 32.90 points at 10,864.30 while the BSE Sensex was up 136.76 points at 36,290.38.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.

Shares of Sun Pharma, YES Bank, Adani Ports SEZ, Zee Entertainment, ITC, Ashok Leyland, Coal India, SAIL, Axis Bank, Vodafone Idea, SBI, ICICI Bank, Tata Steel and Tata Motors were among the most traded shares on the NSE.