Among the components of the S&P BSE Metal index, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (up 1.89%), Hindalco Industries Ltd (up 1.8%),Tata Steel Ltd (up 0.99%),JSW Steel Ltd (up 0.92%),National Aluminium Company Ltd (up 0.81%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Vedanta Ltd (up 0.81%), Steel Authority of India Ltd (up 0.73%), and Hindustan Zinc Ltd (up 0.23%).
On the other hand, APL Apollo Tubes Ltd (down 1.03%), and Coal India Ltd (down 0.43%) turned lower.
At 09:45 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 220.9 or 0.35% at 62649.44.
The Nifty 50 index was up 63.8 points or 0.35% at 18551.55.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 239.68 points or 0.78% at 30951.35.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 52.97 points or 0.56% at 9572.06.
On BSE,2105 shares were trading in green, 731 were trading in red and 109 were unchanged.
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