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© Reuters. India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 1.01%
Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Banking and Carbon sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.01% to hit a new 3-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 6.58% or 10.20 points to trade at 165.20 at the close. Meanwhile, State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 4.14% or 7.95 points to end at 199.85 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 3.81% or 122.15 points to 3330.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which fell 1.94% or 4.25 points to trade at 215.10 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) declined 1.54% or 2.05 points to end at 130.80 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was down 1.20% or 7.00 points to 576.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 3.93% to 3329.60, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 3.72% to settle at 199.10 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 3.05% to close at 344.40.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 1.29% to 80.50 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 1.27% to settle at 576.45 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 0.60% to 2204.35 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 879 to 735 and 55 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1335 rose and 1209 declined, while 143 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.55% to 24.9125 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.06% or 1.15 to $1819.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.32% or 0.13 to hit $40.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.07 to trade at $43.36 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 75.028, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 84.9785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.442.
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