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India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.75%

Published 13/09/2022, 11:45
Updated 13/09/2022, 11:45
© Reuters India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.75%

© Reuters India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.75%

Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Green Energy, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.75% to hit a new 6-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.76%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which rose 4.14% or 70.94 points to trade at 1,784.75 at the close. Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) added 2.85% or 23.50 points to end at 849.00 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 2.37% or 26.95 points to 1,163.80 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which lost 0.84% or 202.80 points to trade at 23,932.30 in late trade. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 0.55% or 5.85 points to end at 1,058.90 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) shed 0.48% or 16.95 points to 3,522.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 4.00% to 1,784.45, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 2.48% to settle at 1,164.20 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 2.04% to close at 784.60.

The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 0.37% to 3,229.40 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 0.29% to settle at 3,422.40 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 0.20% to 1,147.35 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 938 to 903 and 42 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1763 rose and 1593 declined, while 97 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.61% to 17.47.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.14% or 2.50 to $1,738.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.20% or 1.05 to hit $88.83 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 1.04 to trade at $95.04 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.24% to 79.18, while EUR/INR rose 0.30% to 80.53.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 107.58.

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