Stock Markets Reversed Early Losses, Sensex & Metal Stocks..Up :)

India’s benchmark stock index rose the most in a week, reversing earlier losses.

India’s benchmark stock index rose the most in a week, reversing earlier losses.

Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. and Hindalco Industries Ltd. led commodity producers higher after metals prices jumped.

Sterlite, the nation’s largest copper producer jumped 3.1 percent after the price of the metal gained and the stock’s rating was lifted at Nomura Holdings Inc.

Hindalco Industries leapt 6.2 percent after aluminum soared.

The market reversed early losses helped by metal stocks.

Also, gains in Asian and European markets boosted sentiment here.

The Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensitive Index, or Sensex, added 92.13, or 0.6 percent, the most since Sept. 30, to 16,958.54.

The gauge had earlier declined as much as 1.5 percent.

The S&P CNX Nifty Index on the National Stock Exchange rose 0.5 percent to 5,027.40.

The BSE 200 Index advanced 0.4 percent to 2,072.31.

European and Asian stocks gained as higher commodities lifted metal producers, while financial shares advanced after Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research recommended European banks.

Europe’s Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index gained 1.4 percent to 239.19 at 12:26 p.m. in London, while futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 0.8 percent.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index advanced for the first time in four days today, adding 1.5 percent.

Overseas funds bought a net 13.7 billion rupees ($286.7 million) of Indian stocks on Oct. 1, the Securities and Exchange Board of India said.

The funds have bought 615 billion rupees of Indian stocks this year to date, compared with record net sales of 530 billion rupees for the whole of 2008.

However, Reliance Communications Ltd., India’s second-largest mobile phone operator, led declines by telecom companies on concern lower call charges will cut earnings.

“The price war can impact the revenues of telecom companies by 15 percent to 20 percent,” said Jagannadham Thunuguntla, the head of equities at SMC Capitals Ltd. in New Delhi.

Kotak Securities removed Bharti from its list of 10 most recommended stocks following yesterday’s downgrade.

On Energy front, Oil & Natural Gas Corp., the biggest energy explorer, added 1.3 percent to 1,184.8 rupees after saying its in talks with Iran’s state-owned Petropars Ltd. to buy a stake in South Pars, the country’s largest natural gas field.