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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 2.81% or 194.20 points to trade at 7093.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) added 2.34% or 35.05 points to end at 1535.20 and Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) was up 1.89% or 519.30 points to 28022.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which fell 1.43% or 10.45 points to trade at 718.05 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 1.29% or 5.90 points to end at 451.00 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was down 1.24% or 6.65 points to 529.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 2.84% to 7093.50, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 1.20% to settle at 646.30 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 0.92% to close at 427.50.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.18% to 529.65 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 1.00% to settle at 1226.85 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 0.97% to 1487.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1047 to 694 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1975 rose and 1195 declined, while 151 ended unchanged.
Shares in UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.81% or 194.20 to 7093.75. Shares in Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.34% or 35.05 to 1535.20. Shares in UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) rose to all time highs; up 2.84% or 196.00 to 7093.50.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.39% to 12.9925.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.51% or 9.20 to $1801.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.54% or 1.15 to hit $73.41 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.47% or 1.11 to trade at $74.44 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.23% to 74.655, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 88.4735.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 92.328.
