India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.06%
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Published Oct 25, 2021 06:45AM ET
India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.06%
Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Healthcare and Green Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.06%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK), which rose 10.85% or 82.40 points to trade at 841.70 at the close. Meanwhile, AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) added 3.48% or 28.40 points to end at 845.10 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 2.77% or 4.35 points to 161.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which fell 3.48% or 15.55 points to trade at 431.70 at the close. SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) declined 3.21% or 37.50 points to end at 1129.70 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was down 3.06% or 571.00 points to 18087.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 10.80% to 841.05, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 3.45% to settle at 845.05 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 0.71% to close at 4669.00.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 3.04% to 18097.65 in late trade, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which lost 2.73% to settle at 3760.00 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 2.36% to 1165.95 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1370 to 411 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2209 fell and 977 advanced, while 151 ended unchanged.
Shares in ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) rose to all time highs; gaining 10.85% or 82.40 to 841.70. Shares in AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) rose to all time highs; rising 3.48% or 28.40 to 845.10. Shares in ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) rose to all time highs; rising 10.80% or 81.95 to 841.05. Shares in AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) rose to all time highs; rising 3.45% or 28.15 to 845.05.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.37% to 17.6100.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 4.45 to $1800.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.86% or 0.72 to hit $84.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.58 to trade at $85.22 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 75.080, while EUR/INR fell 0.10% to 87.2585.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.743.
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