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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.00%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which rose 7.02% or 23.75 points to trade at 362.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 5.20% or 28.15 points to end at 569.40 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 4.38% or 36.90 points to 880.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which fell 1.57% or 40.65 points to trade at 2554.45 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) declined 0.73% or 51.70 points to end at 7004.00 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was down 0.67% or 2.55 points to 379.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 5.16% to 568.90, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 3.46% to settle at 4851.75 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which gained 3.26% to close at 3149.90.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 0.74% to 80.20 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 0.63% to settle at 7009.95 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 0.47% to 850.45 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1109 to 499 and 98 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1693 rose and 975 declined, while 178 ended unchanged.
Shares in JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) rose to 52-week highs; rising 7.02% or 23.75 to 362.00. Shares in Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.20% or 28.15 to 569.40. Shares in Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.38% or 36.90 to 880.00. Shares in Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.16% or 27.90 to 568.90.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 13.43% to 20.0225.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.35% or 6.30 to $1811.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.40% or 0.64 to hit $45.07 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.62 to trade at $47.91 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 73.855, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 87.9570.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 92.040.
