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

Shares of Jindal Steel - Power (up​ 2.14 per cent)​, Coal India (up​ 1.86 per cent)​, NMDC Ltd (up​ 1.57 per cent)​, JSW Steel (up​ 0.77 per cent)​, VEDL (up​ 0.71 per cent)​, Tata Steel (up​ 0.53 per cent)​, Welspun Corp (up​ 0.52 per cent)​, APL Apollo Tubes (up​ 0.46 per cent)​, National Aluminium Company (up​ 0.41 per cent)​, Steel Authority of India (up​ 0.38 per cent)​ and Hindalco Industries (up​ 0.34 per cent)​ were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Metal index was trading 0.89 per cent up at 2491.5 around 10:20 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 27.20 points at 11856.6 , while the BSE Sensex was up 110.05 points at 40473.28 .

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, GMR Infra, Tata Motors, SBI, Ashok Leyland, SAIL, JSPL and Biocon were among the most traded shares on the NSE.