Metal stocks were trading in the negative zone, with the S&P BSE Metal index falling 588.78 points or 3.5% at 16228.2 at 13:47 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Metal index, Vedanta Ltd (down 5.8%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (down 4.43%),Tata Steel Ltd (down 4.19%),APL Apollo Tubes Ltd (down 3.61%),NMDC Ltd (down 3.55%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Hindalco Industries Ltd (down 3.55%), Steel Authority of India Ltd (down 2.97%), Coal India Ltd (down 2.95%), JSW Steel Ltd (down 1.7%), and Hindustan Zinc Ltd (down 1.05%).
At 13:47 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 788.19 or 1.5% at 51753.2.
The Nifty 50 index was down 256.1 points or 1.63% at 15436.05.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 538.66 points or 2.15% at 24527.29.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was down 123.85 points or 1.6% at 7612.39.
On BSE,606 shares were trading in green, 2669 were trading in red and 110 were unchanged.
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