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India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.37%
Published Jun 20, 2022 20:45
© Reuters India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.37%
Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Technology and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.37%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL), which rose 4.05% or 85.45 points to trade at 2,195.90 at the close. Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) added 4.02% or 82.55 points to end at 2,135.25 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was up 3.12% or 80.50 points to 2,660.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which lost 5.00% or 45.30 points to trade at 861.40 in late trade. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 4.98% or 7.05 points to end at 134.40 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) shed 3.71% or 24.70 points to 640.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which rose 3.97% to 2,134.25, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 3.95% to settle at 2,195.95 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 2.96% to close at 2,659.55.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 5.03% to 861.20 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 2.92% to settle at 783.35 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 2.17% to 137.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1623 to 250 and 31 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2666 fell and 636 advanced, while 162 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.52% to 22.41.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.50 to $1,841.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.02% or 0.02 to hit $107.97 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.38 to trade at $112.74 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 77.96, while EUR/INR rose 0.39% to 82.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 104.07.
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