NEW DELHI: Metal shares were trading lower with Nifty Metal index down 1.82 per cent at 3078.15 around 10:48 am on Wednesday amid weak Chinese economic data.
Shares of Jindal Steel Power (down 3.13 per cent), JSW Steel (down 2.94 per cent), Vedanta (down 2.65 per cent) and Hindalco Industries (down 2.40 per cent) were worst performers in index.
Tata Steel (down 2.30 per cent), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) (down 1.43 per cent) and National Aluminium Company (down 1.37 per cent) too were trading in red.Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 35.50 points at 10,874.60 while BSE Sensex was down 86.54 points at 36,168.03.
Among 50 stocks in Nifty index, 19 were trading in green, while 29 were in red.
Shares of Ashok Leyland, YES Bank, Bank of Baroda, SBI, NMDC, ONGC, Tata Motors, Vedanta , MM, SAIL, Hindalco Industries, ICICI Bank, Tata Steel, BHEL and Axis Bank were among most traded shares on NSE.