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India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.85%
© Reuters. India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.85%
Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Auto, IT and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.85% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 6.28% or 16.25 points to trade at 274.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 4.84% or 25.80 points to end at 558.60 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was up 3.42% or 14.70 points to 444.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which fell 1.82% or 444.50 points to trade at 23930.00 at the close. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) declined 1.75% or 3.50 points to end at 196.15 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was down 1.35% or 1.35 points to 98.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 2.65% to 1019.00, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 2.48% to settle at 8121.20 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 1.91% to close at 2054.85.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.20% to 195.40 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 1.40% to settle at 98.25 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 0.84% to 1490.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 846 to 796 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1498 rose and 1382 declined, while 146 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.28% or 16.25 to 274.90. Shares in Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.84% or 25.80 to 558.60.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.88% to 21.5500.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.76% or 13.90 to $1854.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.06% or 0.56 to hit $53.54 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.41 to trade at $56.31 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.25% to 73.010, while EUR/INR fell 0.28% to 88.4980.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 90.407.
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