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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.11%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which rose 5.69% or 8.40 points to trade at 155.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 5.49% or 58.85 points to end at 1,130.25 and Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) was up 3.39% or 152.25 points to 4,640.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which fell 1.65% or 5.45 points to trade at 325.70 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) declined 0.90% or 29.65 points to end at 3,281.50 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) was down 0.87% or 4.50 points to 514.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 5.58% to 1,130.60, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 1.64% to settle at 19,562.05 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 1.50% to close at 112.00.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.86% to 2,526.25 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 0.82% to settle at 1,367.85 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 0.78% to 861.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1054 to 849 and 77 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1774 rose and 1554 declined, while 167 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.23% to 12.89.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.12% or 2.30 to $1,847.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.43% or 0.34 to hit $78.25 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.43 to trade at $84.95 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.06% to 82.70, while EUR/INR rose 0.11% to 88.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 103.59.
