New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Following the Indian stock market crash and rising input costs due to soaring crude oil prices in international markets, Vedanta Aluminium Metal's share price witnessed selling pressure during the Opening Bell today. The Veanta Group stock opened with a downside gap at Rs.431.25 apiece on the NSE and touched an intraday low of Rs.419.50, a new 52-week low for the Anil Agarwal-owned stock.

According to stock market experts, the Anil Agarwal-owned stock is nosediving today for two major reasons: weak trends on Dalal Street and soaring crude oil prices, which are putting pressure on metal companies' margins. They said that rising base metal prices in international markets are also a reason for the dip in Vedanta Alumi...