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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.27% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 4.17% or 269.10 points to trade at 6,714.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) added 2.89% or 69.35 points to end at 2,469.80 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 2.82% or 36.95 points to 1,348.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which fell 1.08% or 49.50 points to trade at 4,517.50 at the close. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) declined 0.59% or 26.25 points to end at 4,433.70 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was down 0.55% or 0.95 points to 173.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 4.18% to 6,713.35, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was up 2.89% to settle at 2,469.75 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 2.75% to close at 1,017.00.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 0.66% to 4,431.40 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 0.60% to settle at 173.10 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 0.43% to 1,142.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1006 to 885 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1743 rose and 1648 declined, while 168 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) rose to all time highs; up 2.82% or 36.95 to 1,348.60. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.75% or 27.25 to 1,017.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.75% to 15.80 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.27% or 4.40 to $1,640.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.68% or 1.48 to hit $86.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 1.41 to trade at $92.36 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.71% to 82.85, while EUR/INR rose 0.39% to 82.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 111.08.
