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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.82% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 8.37% or 53.80 points to trade at 696.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 6.90% or 16.45 points to end at 254.80 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was up 4.34% or 110.30 points to 2653.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which fell 1.63% or 50.65 points to trade at 3052.00 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) declined 1.21% or 24.05 points to end at 1970.00 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was down 1.19% or 63.05 points to 5217.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 4.02% to 96.95, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 3.71% to settle at 3036.85 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which gained 3.05% to close at 979.40.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.43% to 1965.85 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 1.14% to settle at 5220.00 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 0.72% to 2755.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1176 to 507 and 55 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2016 rose and 952 declined, while 157 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 8.37% or 53.80 to 696.90. Shares in Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.90% or 16.45 to 254.80. Shares in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.71% or 108.65 to 3036.85. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.05% or 29.00 to 979.40.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.40% to 20.0300.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 2.17% or 41.20 to $1936.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.89% or 0.43 to hit $48.95 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 0.72 to trade at $52.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 73.029, while EUR/INR rose 0.35% to 89.7710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 89.427.
