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https://i-invdn-com.akamaized.net/news/Mumbai_Stock_Exchange_M_1440056071.jpgAt the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.12%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which rose 4.65% or 80.25 points to trade at 1807.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 3.74% or 125.10 points to end at 3470.30 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 3.49% or 16.20 points to 480.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which fell 2.50% or 28.00 points to trade at 1092.15 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 2.13% or 15.00 points to end at 689.90 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was down 1.98% or 19.20 points to 951.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 4.45% to 1805.15, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 3.61% to settle at 3466.00 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 2.90% to close at 509.10.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 2.54% to 1091.90 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which lost 2.11% to settle at 690.35 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.85% to 951.25 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1017 to 571 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1574 rose and 975 declined, while 125 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.47% to 22.5775 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for October delivery was down 0.13% or 2.70 to $2055.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.95% or 0.40 to hit $41.55 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.36 to trade at $44.73 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.11% to 74.969, while EUR/INR fell 0.35% to 88.6210.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 93.162.