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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.76%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 6.90% or 6.20 points to trade at 96.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) added 5.15% or 4.05 points to end at 82.65 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 5.13% or 5.90 points to 121.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which fell 3.96% or 18.95 points to trade at 459.80 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 3.79% or 20.40 points to end at 518.25 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) was down 3.30% or 38.75 points to 1135.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 6.79% to 96.00, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 4.80% to settle at 343.00 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which gained 4.22% to close at 990.00.
The worst performers were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 4.05% to 459.25 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 3.66% to settle at 1130.35 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 3.63% to 518.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1128 to 390 and 80 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1550 rose and 708 declined, while 135 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 7.32% to 46.0950 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.99% or 17.30 to $1757.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.66% or 0.33 to hit $20.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 3.00% or 0.83 to trade at $28.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.39% to 76.861, while EUR/INR rose 0.13% to 83.6090.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 99.877.
