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India stocks higher at close of trade; S&P CNX Nifty up 0.87%

Published 04/28/2015, 06:45 AM
Updated 04/28/2015, 06:45 AM
India stocks higher at close of trade; S&P CNX Nifty up 0.87%

India stocks higher at close of trade; S&P CNX Nifty up 0.87%

Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Auto and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty added 0.87%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.81%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were ICICI Bank Ltd. (NSE:ICBK), which rose 8.12% or 24.55 points to trade at 326.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NSE:MRTI) added 4.77% or 174.20 points to end at 3822.60 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) was up 4.49% or 32.85 points to 765.15 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ITC Ltd (NSE:ITC), which fell 2.12% or 7.30 points to trade at 337.55 at the close. Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (NSE:JNSP) declined 1.71% or 2.50 points to end at 143.30 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NSE:HCLT) was down 1.44% or 12.70 points to 870.50.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which rose 8.02% to 326.65, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 4.93% to settle at 3826.65 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which gained 2.76% to close at 233.05.

The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 1.92% to 337.50 in late trade, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which lost 1.32% to settle at 372.70 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.24% to 1961.35 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 946 to 480 and 10 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 466 rose and 217 declined, while 2 ended unchanged.

Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NSE:MRTI) rose to all time highs; rising 4.77% or 174.20 to 3822.60. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (NSE:HCLT) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.44% or 12.70 to 870.50. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) rose to all time highs; rising 4.93% or 179.95 to 3826.65.

The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 7.07% to 17.4100.

Gold for June delivery was down 0.24% or 2.90 to $1200.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.34% or 0.20 to hit $56.80 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.09 to trade at $64.75 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.17% to 63.120, while EUR/INR rose 0.05% to 69.0050.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 96.63.

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