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India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.70%

Published 2018/08/14, 12:45
© Reuters.  India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.70%
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Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Real Estate and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.70%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.55%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 7.39% or 41.70 points to trade at 601.80 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 3.45% or 12.80 points to end at 382.50 and Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) was up 3.30% or 26.80 points to 836.75 in late trade.

Biggest losers included UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which lost 2.64% or 16.50 points to trade at 610.45 in late trade. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 1.26% or 41.80 points to end at 3266.35 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) shed 1.22% or 15.45 points to 1253.25.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 6.91% to 601.65, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was up 2.87% to settle at 381.75 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 2.17% to close at 332.30.

The worst performers were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 1.29% to 3263.00 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 1.19% to settle at 1253.50 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which was down 1.03% to 373.45 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 813 to 774 and 77 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1339 fell and 1260 advanced, while 138 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.88% to 13.2825.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.24% or 2.90 to $1201.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.79% or 0.53 to hit $67.73 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.84% or 0.61 to trade at $73.22 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.09% to 69.895, while EUR/INR fell 0.22% to 79.7140.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 96.15.

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