Among the components of the S&P BSE Metal index, JSW Steel Ltd (up 2.89%), NMDC Ltd (up 1.96%),Vedanta Ltd (up 1.61%),Hindalco Industries Ltd (up 1.44%),Steel Authority of India Ltd (up 1.38%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (up 1.23%), Coal India Ltd (up 0.92%), National Aluminium Company Ltd (up 0.76%), Tata Steel Ltd (up 0.73%), and APL Apollo Tubes Ltd (up 0.4%).
At 09:48 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 225.35 or 0.32% at 69747.04.
The Nifty 50 index was up 74.6 points or 0.36% at 20975.75.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 218.34 points or 0.53% at 41506.29.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 51.17 points or 0.42% at 12300.01.
On BSE,2146 shares were trading in green, 847 were trading in red and 110 were unchanged.
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