NEW DELHI: Most metal mining stocks were suffering losses during afternoon trade on Tuesday.
Shares of Nalco (down 1.56 per cent), Hindalco Industries (down 0.97 per cent), APL Apollo Tubes (down 0.95 per cent) and Vedanta (down 0.82 per cent) were the top losers in the metal pack.
The Nifty Metal index was trading 0.43 per cent down at 3,680 around 01:50 pm (IST).
NMDC (down 0.74 per cent), Hindustan Zinc (down 0.71 per cent), Jindal Stainless (Hisar) (down 0.45 per cent), Tata Steel (down 0.36 per cent), JSW Steel (down 0.28 per cent) and MOIL (down 0.08 per cent) were also in the red in the Nifty Metal index.
Hindustan Copper (up 2.57 per cent), SAIL (up 0.93 per cent) and Jindal Steel Power (up 0.60 per cent) were the only three stocks in the Nifty Metal index that were in the green around that time.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was 6 points down at 10,709, while the BSE Sensex was 15 points at 35,193.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 21 were trading in the green, while 29 were in the red.
ICICI Bank, HPCL, BPCL, Power Grid and State Bank of India were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack of stocks.However, Mahindra Mahindra, Larsen Toubro, IndusInd Bank, YES Bank and Bajaj Finance were among the top losers in the Nifty index.