NEW DELHI: Metal shares were trading in negative zone with Nifty Metal index down 0.63 per cent at 3134.60 around 10:49 am on Tuesday. Shares of Hindalco Industries (down 1.28 per cent), National Aluminium Company (down 1.22 per cent), Jindal Steel Power (down 1.15 per cent) and JSW Steel (down 0.98 per cent) were worst performers in index.

Steel Authority of India (SAIL) (down 0.98 per cent), NMDC (down 0.88 per cent) and APL Apollo Tubes (down 0.86 per cent) too were trading with losses.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 35.15 points at 10,827.40 while BSE Sensex was down 106.43 points at 35,961.90.

Among 50 stocks in Nifty index, 13 were trading in green, while 36 were in red.

Shares of YES Bank, Axis Bank, Ashok Leyland, SAIL, Sun Pharma, Bank of Baroda, IndusInd Bank, SBI, DLF, BHEL, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, JSW Steel and Hindalco Industries were among most traded shares on NSE.