NEW DELHI: Metal shares were trading in the negative zone in Tuesday's morning session. Shares of Welspun Corp (down 1.64 per cent), NMDC (down 1.32 per cent), Jindal Stainless (Hisar) (down 0.93 per cent) and JSW Steel (down 0.85 per cent) were the top losers in the index. Steel Authority of India (SAIL) (down 0.76 per cent), Coal India (down 0.38 per cent), MOIL (down 0.32 per cent) and Tata Steel (down 0.31 per cent) too were trading lower.
The Nifty Metal index was trading 0.33 per cent down at 2778.95 around 10:35 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 5.55 points at 11,351.75 while the BSE Sensex was up 14.39 points at 38,045.52.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 were trading in the green, while 22 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Ashok Leyland, Vodafone Idea, Indian Oil Corp, Dish TV India, PNB, SBI, Adani Power, IDFC First Bank and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.