At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.40%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 5.29% or 36.70 points to trade at 731.05 at the close. Meanwhile, NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) added 3.92% or 4.45 points to end at 118.00 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 1.84% or 31.55 points to 1742.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which fell 4.43% or 35.80 points to trade at 772.20 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 1.39% or 7.65 points to end at 542.15 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was down 1.01% or 3.75 points to 367.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 3.87% to 117.95, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 1.87% to settle at 1740.85 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 1.64% to close at 419.55.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 0.82% to 6901.50 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 0.74% to settle at 3272.45 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 0.71% to 1063.20 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1076 to 645 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1950 rose and 1202 declined, while 146 ended unchanged.
Shares in Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) rose to all time highs; rising 1.84% or 31.55 to 1742.85. Shares in Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.87% or 31.90 to 1740.85.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.77% to 15.0600.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.81% or 14.25 to $1783.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.21% or 0.15 to hit $71.44 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $73.59 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 74.112, while EUR/INR rose 0.30% to 88.1445.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 92.055.
