Share market update: Metal shares shine; Hindustan Copper gains 3%

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

Shares of Hindustan Copper (up 2.89 per cent), Vedanta (up 1.35 per cent), JSW Steel (up 1.19 per cent), Tata Steel (up 0.89 per cent), NMDC Ltd (up 0.8 per cent), Hindalco Industries (up 0.31 per cent), Jindal Steel & Power (up 0.15 per cent), Steel Authority of India (up 0.11 per cent), Coal India (up 0.11 per cent), MOIL (up 0.07 per cent) and Ratnamani Metals & Tubes (up 0.04 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Metal index was trading 0.56 per cent up at 2666.7 around 10:21 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 112.40 points at 12220.3 , while the BSE Sensex was up 425.69 points at 41641.83 .

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 41 were trading in the green, while 9 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, BHEL, SBI, Tata Motors, Coal India Ltd, Ashok Leyland, NBCC and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.