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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.47% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which rose 6.36% or 39.75 points to trade at 664.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) added 2.84% or 73.35 points to end at 2651.85 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 2.65% or 23.80 points to 921.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which fell 1.96% or 1.90 points to trade at 95.05 at the close. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) declined 1.95% or 7.85 points to end at 395.25 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was down 1.86% or 97.20 points to 5119.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which rose 6.31% to 664.30, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was up 2.78% to settle at 2650.95 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 2.68% to close at 921.60.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 2.06% to 94.95 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 1.83% to settle at 5121.00 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.31% to 97.65 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 926 to 752 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1694 rose and 1244 declined, while 152 ended unchanged.
Shares in Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) rose to all time highs; up 2.84% or 73.35 to 2651.85. Shares in Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) rose to all time highs; rising 2.78% or 71.60 to 2650.95.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.15% to 20.4600.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.14% or 2.75 to $1949.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.80% or 0.38 to hit $48.00 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.33 to trade at $51.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.23% to 73.237, while EUR/INR rose 0.51% to 89.9500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 89.627.
