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India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 1.01%

Published 2021-08-13, 06:45 a/m
© Reuters India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 1.01%
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Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Capital Goods and IT sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.01% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.08%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN), which rose 4.29% or 33.20 points to trade at 807.45 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 3.33% or 111.65 points to end at 3463.40 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) was up 2.77% or 44.95 points to 1668.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which lost 2.67% or 69.75 points to trade at 2546.80 in late trade. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) declined 1.36% or 64.20 points to end at 4652.20 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) shed 1.20% or 10.90 points to 894.40.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 3.22% to 3461.90, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 2.78% to settle at 1667.45 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 2.21% to close at 637.05.

The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.28% to 184.65 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 1.21% to settle at 4655.60 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 1.09% to 1024.05 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 935 to 750 and 41 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1601 fell and 1468 advanced, while 112 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.99% to 12.9900.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.58% or 10.10 to $1761.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $69.00 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $71.28 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.06% to 74.268, while EUR/INR rose 0.10% to 87.2460.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 92.915.

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