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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.60%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 2.34% or 28.20 points to trade at 1,234.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 1.75% or 113.60 points to end at 6,620.10 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 1.61% or 24.95 points to 1,572.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which fell 1.34% or 63.45 points to trade at 4,678.85 at the close. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) declined 1.04% or 8.05 points to end at 765.00 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was down 0.83% or 3.85 points to 458.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 2.46% to 1,235.45, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 1.75% to settle at 6,619.90 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 1.65% to close at 1,572.70.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 0.57% to 20,365.00 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 0.54% to settle at 111.15 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 0.43% to 8,621.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1002 to 891 and 58 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1826 rose and 1575 declined, while 138 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.27% to 12.88 a new 52-week low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 5.15 to $1,797.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.28% or 0.94 to hit $74.11 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.59% or 1.24 to trade at $79.23 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.23% to 82.83, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 87.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 104.64.
