India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.10%

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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.05%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which rose 16.89% or 38.00 points to trade at 263.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) added 6.47% or 50.70 points to end at 833.95 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 4.67% or 27.60 points to 618.95 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which fell 3.89% or 74.65 points to trade at 1842.35 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 3.62% or 21.35 points to end at 568.00 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was down 2.95% or 4.90 points to 161.40.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 6.16% to 831.45, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 4.77% to settle at 619.00 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 2.86% to close at 2233.80.

The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 4.24% to 564.15 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 3.71% to settle at 1845.60 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 1.44% to 503.50 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 988 to 620 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1452 fell and 1027 advanced, while 146 ended unchanged.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.30% to 26.2900.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.16% or 2.95 to $1810.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.19% or 0.48 to hit $40.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.03% or 0.44 to trade at $43.34 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.30% to 75.155, while EUR/INR rose 0.07% to 85.9570.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 95.852.