Mumbai, Sept. 18 -- Nifty Metal index closed up 1.51% at 13052.6 today. The index has gained 0.00% over last one month. Among the constituents, Welspun Corp Ltd added 8.12%, APL Apollo Tubes Ltd gained 5.66% and Hindustan Zinc Ltd rose 4.14%. The Nifty Metal index has soared 31.00% over last one year compared to the 8.17% slide in benchmark Nifty 50 index. In other indices, Nifty Media index gained 1.34% and Nifty MNC index added 1.25% on the day. In broad markets, the Nifty 50 added 0.33% to close at 23346.4 while the SENSEX has dropped 0.03% to close at 74294.96 today.

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