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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.29% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 4.31% or 55.55 points to trade at 1343.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 3.55% or 26.25 points to end at 765.10 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) was up 1.93% or 51.30 points to 2710.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which fell 3.93% or 26.40 points to trade at 645.70 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 3.32% or 38.80 points to end at 1130.25 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was down 1.61% or 6.40 points to 391.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 4.30% to 1344.00, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was up 1.90% to settle at 2710.65 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 1.58% to close at 1744.00.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 3.32% to 1130.15 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 0.89% to settle at 7659.80 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 0.65% to 221.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 964 to 851 and 17 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1854 rose and 1478 declined, while 61 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.45% to 17.7575.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.32% or 5.75 to $1804.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.42% or 1.11 to hit $79.34 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.37% or 1.11 to trade at $81.98 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.10% to 73.950, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 83.8075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 95.895.
