The stock in Metal companies rises momentum in an otherwise weak market. The Nifty Metal index rose 1.27 percent to 1,732.15 at 10.30-am, Wednesday.
In comparison, the Sensex stood at 30254-level, down 324-pts, and the Nifty marked at 8882.90, down 84 points.
Shares of Vedanta jumped 5.53-pc, Hindustan Zinc rose 2.54-pc, Jindal Steel and NALCO rose 1.65-pc each.
Further, Coal India, Hindalco, Tata Steel, Welspun Corp, JSW Steel, and MOIL are trading positively between 1.65 and 1 percent each. Get the updated top Stock to buy and evertime best stocks tips from the expert.
Out of fifty stocks in the Nifty, 21 stocks were trading in the green, while the remaining 29 nos were in the red.
The most active stocks in the NSE were Yes Bank, Indusind Bank, ICICI Bank, SBIN, Reliance, TCS, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank, HDFC, and Axis Bank.