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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.19%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which rose 2.44% or 14.30 points to trade at 599.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 2.18% or 9.75 points to end at 456.05 and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) was up 1.99% or 16.10 points to 823.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which fell 1.74% or 15.15 points to trade at 855.20 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) declined 1.16% or 29.55 points to end at 2,526.15 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was down 0.96% or 23.40 points to 2,420.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 1.66% to 119.55, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 1.60% to settle at 1,203.50 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.21% to close at 221.20.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.75% to 855.05 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 1.13% to settle at 2,526.25 and Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 0.96% to 980.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1179 to 806 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1989 rose and 1476 declined, while 148 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.39% to 12.23.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.75 to $1,948.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.77% or 0.62 to hit $80.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.60 to trade at $84.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 82.73, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 89.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 104.03.
