Domestic equity benchmarks reversed early gains and slipped into moderate losses in morning trade after the government refrained from confirming reports of a potential US-India trade deal, weighing on market sentiment.
The Nifty traded below the 25,850 mark. Metal shares extended gains for the third consecutive trading session.
At 10:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, lost 205.35 points or 0.24% to 84,356.36. The Nifty 50 index lost 69.10 points or 0.26% to 25,823.10.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.14% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index shed 0.08%.
The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,684 shares rose and 1,946 shares fell. A total of 220 shares were unchanged.
New Listing
Shares of Midwest were currently trading at Rs 1,155 at 10:20 IST on the BSE, representing a premium of 8.45% as compared with the issue price of Rs 1,065.
The stock was listed at Rs 1,165.10, exhibiting a premium of 9.4% to the issue price.
So far, the stock has hit a high of 1,189.50 and a low of 1,146.70. On the BSE, over 3.25 lakh shares of the company were traded in the counter so far.
Buzzing Index:
The Nifty Metal index jumped 2.02% to 10,448.50. The index rallied 2.51% in three consecutive trading sessions.
National Aluminium Company (up 4.43%), Hindalco Industries (up 4.13%), Hindustan Copper (up 3.75%), Vedanta (up 3.18%), Hindustan Zinc (up 2.61%), Steel Authority of India (up 1.58%), Lloyds Metals & Energy (up 1.36%), Jindal Stainless (up 1.21%), Tata Steel (up 0.94%) and NMDC (up 0.93%) advanced.
On the other hand, Welspun Corp (down 1.11%) and Adani Enterprises (down 0.19%), edged lower.
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