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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.13%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which rose 5.43% or 198.95 points to trade at 3,861.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 4.14% or 44.65 points to end at 1,123.25 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) was up 3.47% or 20.05 points to 598.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which fell 5.33% or 8.10 points to trade at 143.80 at the close. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) declined 2.76% or 4.25 points to end at 149.90 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was down 1.33% or 9.25 points to 684.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 4.10% to 1,123.55, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 3.23% to settle at 926.00 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which gained 2.98% to close at 466.95.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 2.43% to 150.45 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 1.24% to settle at 684.75 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 0.97% to 224.85 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1312 to 525 and 37 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2126 rose and 1093 declined, while 120 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.45% to 21.48.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.46% or 8.54 to $1,856.14 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.43% or 0.49 to hit $113.60 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.48 to trade at $113.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 77.58, while EUR/INR fell 0.17% to 83.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 101.85.
