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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.11%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC), which rose 1.27% or 31.90 points to trade at 2549.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) added 1.10% or 6.45 points to end at 590.45 and Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) was up 1.01% or 38.30 points to 3838.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which fell 2.44% or 599.95 points to trade at 24000.00 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) declined 1.52% or 44.35 points to end at 2864.95 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) was down 1.41% or 75.75 points to 5279.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which rose 1.31% to 2550.00, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 1.13% to settle at 590.70 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.05% to close at 534.00.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.51% to 2865.00 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which lost 1.33% to settle at 5284.30 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.32% to 509.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 943 to 699 and 74 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1696 rose and 1192 declined, while 148 ended unchanged.
Shares in Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.27% or 31.90 to 2549.95. Shares in Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.01% or 38.30 to 3838.00. Shares in Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) rose to all time highs; rising 1.31% or 33.05 to 2550.00. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.13% or 6.60 to 590.70.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.07% to 21.0950.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.18% or 3.50 to $1896.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.37% or 0.18 to hit $48.22 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.20 to trade at $51.43 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.10% to 73.053, while EUR/INR fell 0.21% to 89.7190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 89.567.
