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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.85%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which rose 14.70% or 200.45 points to trade at 1,564.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 3.47% or 13.85 points to end at 413.05 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 2.75% or 19.10 points to 713.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which fell 1.84% or 81.95 points to trade at 4,379.80 at the close. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) declined 1.51% or 3.35 points to end at 218.90 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was down 0.75% or 6.80 points to 899.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 2.69% to 536.80, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 2.54% to settle at 865.25 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 2.30% to close at 1,127.00.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.53% to 218.85 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 0.22% to settle at 1,597.75 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 0.11% to 855.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1459 to 446 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2347 rose and 1031 declined, while 126 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.75% or 6.80 to 899.60.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 7.31% to 12.99.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.14% or 2.55 to $1,839.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.90% or 0.69 to hit $76.36 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.61 to trade at $82.84 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.14% to 82.53, while EUR/INR rose 0.59% to 87.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 104.39.
