BSE metal index is shining on bourses on Thursday by gaining more than 2.56% by far outperforming all the sectoral indices.

JSW Steel is the biggest gainer in the sector followed by Vedanta and Tata Steel.

In fact, all the three stocks put together have contributed to almost 70% of the gains for the BSE metal index.

JSW Steel is up by 6%, Vedanta by 3.87% and Tata Steel by almost 3.25% on Thursday.

Nine out of the ten index stocks are trading in green except for Nalco which is trading flat to negative.