NEW DELHI: Metal mining stocks were trading mixed during afternoon trade on Friday.Shares of Jindal Steel Power (up 1.58 per cent), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) (up 0.79 per cent), JSW Steel (up 0.60 per cent) and Tata Steel (up 0.41 per cent) were trading with gains.On the other hand, Nalco (down 2.36 per cent), Coal India (down 1.16 per cent), Hindalco Industries (down 0.85 per cent), Hindustan Zinc (down 0.43 per cent) and NMDC (down 0.23 per cent) were among the losers.
Shares of NMDC (up 0.09 per cent) and Vedanta (up 0.07 per cent) were almost flat.The BSE Metal index was trading flat at 12,957 around 01:05 pm.
Equity benchmarks were slightly up amid mixed global cues.
The BSE Sensex was up 39 points at 35,472, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 13 points at 10,754.In the Sensex index, 12 stocks were advancing, while 19 stocks were declining.ITC, HDFC, Mahindra Mahindra and Sun Pharma were among the top gainers in the Sensex index.On the other hand, Reliance Industries, IndusInd Bank, Tata Consultancy Services and HDFC Bank were the top drags on the Sensex index.