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India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.03%
Published May 05, 2022 20:45
© Reuters. India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.03%
Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which rose 4.22% or 51.20 points to trade at 1,264.00 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) added 4.13% or 99.50 points to end at 2,509.00 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 3.23% or 49.60 points to 1,585.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which lost 4.24% or 41.50 points to trade at 936.80 in late trade. Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) declined 3.20% or 108.45 points to end at 3,277.00 and Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) shed 2.99% or 24.05 points to 779.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 4.07% to 1,263.55, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 3.21% to settle at 1,585.25 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which gained 2.57% to close at 1,071.00.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 4.32% to 936.15 in late trade, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which lost 2.76% to settle at 17,599.35 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was down 2.58% to 6,355.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1044 to 773 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1760 fell and 1472 advanced, while 116 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 7.24% to 20.29.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.42% or 26.63 to $1,895.43 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.13% or 0.14 to hit $107.95 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.52 to trade at $110.66 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.37% to 76.28, while EUR/INR fell 0.24% to 80.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 102.88.
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