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    Share market update: Metal stocks advance; Hindustan Zinc gains 4%

    Synopsis

    The Nifty Metal index was trading 0.53 per cent up at 2306.8.

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    Out of the 14 stocks in the index, 11 were trading in the green while 3 were trading in the red.
    NEW DELHI: Metal stocks were trading on a positive note on Friday's afternoon session.

    Shares of Hindustan Zinc (up 4.26 per cent), Ratnamani Metals & Tubes (up 1.5 per cent), Jindal Steel & Power (up 1.19 per cent), Steel Authority of India (up 0.93 per cent) and Hindustan Copper (up 0.81 per cent) were among the top gainers.

    While Mishra Dhatu Nigam (down 0.69 per cent), Welspun Corp (down 0.6 per cent), Hindalco Industries (down 0.14 per cent) and JSW Steel (down 0.04 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

    The Nifty Metal index was trading 0.53 per cent up at 2306.8 around 11:32AM.

    Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 17.25 points at 11182.9, while the BSE Sensex was 80.97 points at 37944.48.

    Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 were trading in the green, while 19 were in the red.

    Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Alok Industries, RBL Bank Ltd. and Tata Motors were among the most traded shares on the NSE.



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