India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.97%

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India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.97%

Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings , Real Estate and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.97% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index unchanged 0.00%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS: APSE ), which rose 7.09% or 53.80 points to trade at 812.80 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS: WIPR ) added 5.30% or 35.65 points to end at 708.25 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS: GRAS ) was up 4.50% or 75.45 points to 1752.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Coal India Ltd (NS: COAL ), which lost 3.29% or 6.25 points to trade at 183.80 in late trade. Tata Motors Ltd (NS: TAMO ) declined 1.83% or 9.30 points to end at 497.60 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS: EICH ) shed 1.81% or 52.55 points to 2853.20.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Nestle India Ltd (BO: NEST ) which unchanged 0.00% to 19319.45, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO: AXBK ) which was unchanged 0.00% to settle at 802.00 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO: BAJA ) which unchanged 0.00% to close at 3963.00.

The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO: NEST ) which was unchanged 0.00% to 19319.45 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO: AXBK ) which unchanged 0.00% to settle at 802.00 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO: BAJA ) which was unchanged 0.00% to 3963.00 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced on the India National Stock Exchange.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.07% to 15.7675.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.65% or 29.70 to $1768.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $81.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.84 to trade at $84.84 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.07% to 75.030, while EUR/INR rose 0.12% to 87.0350.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 93.960.

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