Share market update: Metal shares shine; Hindustan Copper surges 17%

NEW DELHI: Metal shares were trading with gains in Thursday's morning session.

Shares of Hindustan Copper (up 17.06 per cent) , Steel Authority of India (up 6.29 per cent) , MOIL (up 4.85 per cent) , Jindal Steel & Power (up 3.52 per cent) , JSW Steel (up 2.63 per cent) , National Aluminium Company (up 2.55 per cent) , Tata Steel (up 2.46 per cent) , Hindustan Zinc (up 1.83 per cent) , Hindalco Industries (up 1.59 per cent) , National Mineral Development Corp (up 1.52 per cent) , Vedanta (up 1.42 per cent) , APL Apollo Tubes (up 0.55 per cent) and Ratnamani Metals & Tubes (up 0.22 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Metal index was trading 1.6 per cent up at 2840.65 around 10:28 am.


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 41.65 points at 12224.15 , while the BSE Sensex was up 127.65 points at 41433.67.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

Shares of SAIL, YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Hind Copper, JSPL, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Zee Ent., Vedanta and IDFC First Bank Ltd. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.