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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.14% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which rose 3.35% or 170.15 points to trade at 5243.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) added 2.50% or 81.75 points to end at 3352.20 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 2.31% or 26.80 points to 1186.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which fell 3.10% or 29.05 points to trade at 906.75 at the close. HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) declined 2.28% or 32.85 points to end at 1408.95 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was down 1.97% or 2.00 points to 99.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 2.64% to 1189.75, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was up 2.43% to settle at 3350.00 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 1.42% to close at 271.40.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 3.30% to 905.05 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 2.21% to settle at 1409.60 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 2.07% to 99.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1090 to 568 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1652 fell and 1204 advanced, while 156 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.50% or 81.75 to 3352.20. Shares in Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.31% or 26.80 to 1186.00. Shares in Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) rose to 3-years highs; up 2.64% or 30.65 to 1189.75. Shares in Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.43% or 79.45 to 3350.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.79% to 18.6225.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.33% or 6.25 to $1884.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.29% or 0.14 to hit $48.22 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.23 to trade at $51.27 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 73.537, while EUR/INR fell 0.05% to 90.1340.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 89.877.
