Mumbai, March 5 -- Nifty Metal index closed up 4.04% at 8685.2 today. The index is up 6.00% over last one month. Among the constituents, Hindustan Copper Ltd gained 7.45%, Welspun Corp Ltd rose 6.94% and National Aluminium Company Ltd added 5.70%. The Nifty Metal index is up 5.00% over last one year compared to the 0.08% decline in benchmark Nifty 50 index. In other indices, Nifty PSE index added 3.28% and Nifty Media index increased 3.14% on the day. In broad markets, the Nifty 50 increased 1.15% to close at 22337.3 while the SENSEX added 1.01% to close at 73730.23 today.

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