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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.97% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 7.09% or 53.80 points to trade at 812.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 5.30% or 35.65 points to end at 708.25 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 4.50% or 75.45 points to 1752.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which fell 3.29% or 6.25 points to trade at 183.80 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) declined 1.83% or 9.30 points to end at 497.60 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was down 1.81% or 52.55 points to 2853.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which rose 2.89% to 256.55, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was up 2.86% to settle at 1685.90 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 2.51% to close at 204.50.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.22% to 3611.30 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which lost 1.17% to settle at 1250.90 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 0.85% to 7860.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 925 to 794 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1598 fell and 1585 advanced, while 117 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) rose to all time highs; rising 5.30% or 35.65 to 708.25. Shares in Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) rose to all time highs; rising 4.50% or 75.45 to 1752.50. Shares in ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.89% or 7.20 to 256.55. Shares in HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 2.86% or 46.85 to 1685.90. Shares in Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.51% or 5.00 to 204.50.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.07% to 15.7675.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.30% or 5.35 to $1800.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.26% or 1.01 to hit $81.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.32% or 1.10 to trade at $84.28 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.00% to 75.286, while EUR/INR rose 0.13% to 87.3885.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.858.
