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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.04% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which rose 4.88% or 5.40 points to trade at 116.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) added 4.40% or 9.50 points to end at 225.50 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 3.80% or 3.10 points to 84.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which fell 3.35% or 62.85 points to trade at 1813.00 at the close. HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) declined 1.95% or 27.95 points to end at 1405.35 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) was down 1.43% or 32.95 points to 2274.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 3.74% to 2313.00, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 3.74% to settle at 84.55 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 3.19% to close at 604.25.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 3.29% to 1813.35 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 1.93% to settle at 1405.90 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.28% to 2275.55 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 950 to 664 and 97 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1667 rose and 1146 declined, while 145 ended unchanged.
Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) rose to all time highs; rising 3.74% or 83.30 to 2313.00. Shares in Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.19% or 18.70 to 604.25.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.36% to 19.9075.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.82% or 14.95 to $1833.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $44.50 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $47.40 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.40% to 73.773, while EUR/INR rose 0.25% to 88.9155.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 91.377.
