India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.03%

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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.12%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM), which rose 1.68% or 85.95 points to trade at 5,193.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) added 1.58% or 21.70 points to end at 1,393.55 and Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) was up 1.40% or 51.40 points to 3,730.55 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which fell 3.29% or 83.50 points to trade at 2,456.00 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 2.94% or 13.60 points to end at 448.85 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was down 2.58% or 21.20 points to 799.45.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which rose 1.72% to 5,194.25, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.58% to settle at 1,393.65 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which gained 1.26% to close at 2,533.60.

The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.37% to 560.60 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 1.79% to settle at 118.15 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 1.39% to 1,482.10 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1277 to 742 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2093 fell and 1513 advanced, while 158 ended unchanged.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.10% to 11.99 a new 1-month high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.45 to $1,946.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.49% or 0.41 to hit $82.78 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.38 to trade at $86.43 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.18% to 83.10, while EUR/INR rose 0.20% to 90.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 102.68.