NEW DELHI: The Nifty Metal index was trading 0.35 per cent up at 3,374.75 around 12:20 pm on Friday with its components trading on a mixed note.

Shares of Hindustan Zinc (up 4.69 per cent), JSW Steel (up 0.90 per cent), Tata Steel (up 0.59 per cent) and National Aluminium Company (up 0.46 per cent)were the top gainers in the index.

Hindustan Copper (down 3.17 per cent), Jindal Stainless (Hisar) (down 2.57 per cent), APL Apollo Tubes (down 1.26 per cent) and MOIL (down 1.21 per cent), appeared among top laggards.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 114.60 points at 10,338.45, while BSE Sensex was down 341.66 points at 34,437.92 at that time.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 were trading in the green, while 31 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, L&T Fin Holding, SBI, RIL, DLF, Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, Ashok Leyland, Idea Cellular, Vedanta, Axis Bank, Infosys, BPCL and Tata Motors were among the most traded shares on the NSE.