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India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.16%

Published 11/29/2021, 05:45 AM
© Reuters India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.16%
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Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, IT and Consumer Durables sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.16%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.27%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which rose 2.82% or 55.30 points to trade at 2019.60 at the close. Meanwhile, HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) added 2.08% or 23.10 points to end at 1133.15 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) was up 1.94% or 13.00 points to 683.65 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which fell 2.49% or 9.40 points to trade at 367.45 at the close. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) declined 2.12% or 16.25 points to end at 751.05 and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) was down 2.12% or 15.20 points to 701.95.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which rose 2.92% to 2020.20, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 2.25% to settle at 1132.70 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 1.60% to close at 3500.70.

The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 2.03% to 750.80 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 1.71% to settle at 126.45 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 1.65% to 650.85 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1456 to 349 and 35 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2371 fell and 929 advanced, while 171 ended unchanged.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.13% to 20.8300 a new 6-months high.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.61% or 10.95 to $1799.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.92% or 3.35 to hit $71.50 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.58% or 3.28 to trade at $74.87 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.06% to 75.088, while EUR/INR fell 0.16% to 84.7840.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.165.

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