Share market update: Metal shares shine; MOIL jumps nearly 6%

NEW DELHI: Metal shares were trading in the positive zone in Monday's morning session.

Shares of MOIL (up 5.91 per cent), Coal India (up 2.12 per cent), National Mineral Development Corp (up 1.57 per cent), Ratnamani Metals & Tubes (up 1.56 per cent), Welspun Corp (up 1.28 per cent), APL Apollo Tubes (up 0.79 per cent), National Aluminium Company (up 0.66 per cent), Tata Steel (up 0.65 per cent), Hindustan Copper (up 0.43 per cent), Hindalco Industries (up 0.21 per cent) and Hindustan Zinc (up 0.09 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Metal index was trading 0.59 per cent up at 2857.6 around 10:20 am.


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 62.75 points at 12319.55, while the BSE Sensex was up 232.75 points at 41832.47.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 38 were trading in the green, while 12 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Infosys, Tata Motors, SAIL, SBI, Bank of Baroda, BHEL and Edelweiss Fin were among the most traded shares on the NSE.