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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.15%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which rose 2.47% or 80.65 points to trade at 3,340.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 2.44% or 10.35 points to end at 435.20 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 2.39% or 31.80 points to 1,365.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which fell 3.55% or 8.95 points to trade at 243.10 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) declined 1.91% or 188.25 points to end at 9,647.55 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was down 1.86% or 4.35 points to 230.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 2.47% to 3,340.65, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 2.40% to settle at 1,365.30 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 1.51% to close at 1,616.30.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 3.63% to 243.15 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 1.86% to settle at 9,653.20 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.44% to 187.95 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1310 to 635 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2050 fell and 1278 advanced, while 136 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was unchanged 0.02% to 10.94.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.17% or 3.25 to $1,964.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.24% or 0.18 to hit $75.93 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.25 to trade at $80.36 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 82.09, while EUR/INR rose 0.44% to 91.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 99.97.
