NEW DELHI: Metal shares were trading in the negative zone in Thursday's morning session. Shares of NMDC (down 2.24 per cent), JSW Steel (down 1.74 per cent), Jindal Stainless (Hisar) (down 1.36 per cent) and Hindustan Copper (down 1.17 per cent) were the top losers in the index. Tata Steel (down 1.14 per cent), Jindal Steel - Power (down 1.07 per cent), Coal India (down 0.95 per cent) and Hindalco Industries (down 0.35 per cent) too were trading lower.
The Nifty Metal index was trading 0.80 per cent down at 2691.20 around 10:30 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 49.45 points at 11,320.75 while the BSE Sensex was up 178.28 points at 38,025.93.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 33 were trading in the green, while 17 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, IDFC First Bank, Vodafone Idea, Tata Motors, Indian Oil Corp, PNB, Bank of Baroda, ZEEL, Ashok Leyland and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.