India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.21%

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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.21%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.25%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 9.89% or 71.35 points to trade at 793.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 4.67% or 110.90 points to end at 2485.00 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was up 4.36% or 12.80 points to 306.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which fell 3.79% or 18.65 points to trade at 473.00 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 3.10% or 13.30 points to end at 415.45 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was down 3.00% or 106.40 points to 3438.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 10.08% to 793.70, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 4.69% to settle at 2485.00 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 3.09% to close at 788.55.

The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 3.79% to 473.00 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 2.99% to settle at 3437.50 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.20% to 171.15 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1184 to 420 and 93 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1781 rose and 889 declined, while 171 ended unchanged.

Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.89% or 71.35 to 793.00. Shares in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) rose to all time highs; rising 4.67% or 110.90 to 2485.00. Shares in Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.36% or 12.80 to 306.10. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) rose to 52-week highs; up 10.08% or 72.65 to 793.70. Shares in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) rose to 3-years highs; up 4.69% or 111.30 to 2485.00.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.31% to 21.1900.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 3.70 to $1951.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.38% or 0.14 to hit $37.19 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.17 to trade at $39.66 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.03% to 73.448, while EUR/INR rose 0.16% to 87.1985.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 93.020.