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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.58%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 3.49% or 31.65 points to trade at 938.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) added 2.22% or 57.70 points to end at 2,661.15 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 2.08% or 23.45 points to 1,150.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which fell 2.57% or 6.10 points to trade at 231.50 at the close. Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) declined 1.51% or 370.50 points to end at 24,135.10 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) was down 0.85% or 161.15 points to 18,890.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which rose 2.39% to 2,664.95, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 2.08% to settle at 801.15 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 2.05% to close at 1,149.65.
The worst performers were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 0.43% to 2,421.00 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 0.40% to settle at 1,492.20 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 0.33% to 18,972.10 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1155 to 716 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2074 rose and 1358 declined, while 171 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) rose to all time highs; up 3.49% or 31.65 to 938.50.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.24% to 17.94.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.51% or 8.90 to $1,737.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.01% or 0.88 to hit $87.67 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 1.06 to trade at $93.90 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 79.56, while EUR/INR rose 0.87% to 80.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.70% at 107.97.
