NEW DELHI:The Nifty Metal index was trading 0.49 per cent down at 3,290.45 around 11:24 am on Friday with its components trading on a mixed note.

Shares of MOIL (up 1.77 per cent), NMDC (up 1.75 per cent), Tata Steel (up 1.67 per cent) and Steel Authority of India (SAIL) (up 1.03 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

JSW Steel (down 2.62 per cent), APL Apollo Tubes (down 2.17 per cent), Hindalco Industries (down 1.62 per cent) and Jindal Stainless (Hisar) (down 1.38 per cent) appeared among the laggards.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 62.45 points at 10,062.45 while BSE Sensex was down 171.31 points at 33,518.78 at that time.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 17 were trading in the green, while 32 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, BHEL, Ambuja Cements, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors, SBI, Bank of Baroda, Idea Cellular, Hindalco Inds., Vedanta, Ashok Leyland, L&T Fin Holding, Bharti Airtel and Biocon were among the most traded shares on the National Stock Exchange.