Mumbai, Feb. 25 -- Nifty Metal index closed up 2.70% at 12399.4 today. The index is up 8.00% over last one month. Among the constituents, Lloyds Metals & Energy Ltd gained 7.53%, National Aluminium Company Ltd rose 4.90% and Vedanta Ltd added 4.70%. The Nifty Metal index is up 50.00% over last one year compared to the 13.02% surge in benchmark Nifty 50 index. In other indices, Nifty Pharma index added 1.85% and Nifty Auto index gained 1.85% on the day. In broad markets, the Nifty 50 increased 0.23% to close at 25482.5 while the SENSEX added 0.06% to close at 82276.07 today.

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