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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.37%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 4.40% or 31.15 points to trade at 739.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) added 3.85% or 104.15 points to end at 2807.80 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was up 3.52% or 7.30 points to 214.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which fell 0.74% or 6.90 points to trade at 921.25 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) declined 0.73% or 5.30 points to end at 722.40 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) was down 0.52% or 3.50 points to 676.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which rose 3.92% to 2809.15, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 3.65% to settle at 214.65 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 3.11% to close at 768.55.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 0.78% to 722.55 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 0.55% to settle at 676.05 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was down 0.03% to 7322.25 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1288 to 476 and 46 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2111 rose and 1042 declined, while 143 ended unchanged.
Shares in Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) rose to 3-years highs; up 3.52% or 7.30 to 214.50. Shares in Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) rose to 3-years highs; rising 3.65% or 7.55 to 214.65.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.99% to 18.0875.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.54% or 9.65 to $1774.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.06% or 1.35 to hit $66.92 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.99% or 1.37 to trade at $70.24 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 74.990, while EUR/INR rose 0.07% to 84.9555.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 95.970.
