NEW DELHI: Nifty Metal index was trading flat at 12:09PM (IST) on Wednesday.

Shares of National Aluminium Company NSE 6.91 % (up 6.35 per cent), Ratnamani Metals & Tubes (up 3.43 per cent), Hindustan Copper NSE 2.56 % (up 2.82 per cent), Welspun Corp (up 2.4 per cent) and MOIL (up 1.46 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While APL Apollo Tubes NSE -1.88 % (down 1.36 per cent), Tata Steel NSE -0.64 % (down 0.82 per cent), Hindustan Zinc NSE -0.98 % (down 0.75 per cent), JSW Steel (down 0.52 per cent) and Hindalco Industries NSE 0.41 % (down 0.38 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty Metal index was trading 0.04 per cent down at 2506.45 around 12:09PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 46.90 points at 11432.25, while the BSE Sensex was up 174.34 points at 38702.66.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 35 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Ashok Leyland, Vodafone Idea, Zee Ent. and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of IRB Infra Dev, Atul Ltd, ITI Ltd, KIOCL Ltd. and Birlasoft hit their fresh 52 week high in today’s trade, while Mittal Life Style Ltd., AB Infrabuild Ltd. and Industrial Investment Trust Ltd. hit fresh 52 week low in trade.