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Thursday, August 4, 2016

India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.07%

Stock market, Investing


India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real EstateMetals and Auto sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.07%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB), which rose 4.64% or 6.90 points to trade at 155.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO) added 4.52% or 21.60 points to end at 500.00 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC) was up 4.40% or 15.75 points to 373.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which fell 1.41% or 16.10 points to trade at 1127.30 at the close. Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) declined 1.32% or 22.20 points to end at 1657.65 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was down 1.21% or 13.10 points to 1071.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which rose 4.60% to 374.05, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was up 4.41% to settle at 500.30 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which gained 2.89% to close at 161.80.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.18% to 1072.15 in late trade, Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which lost 0.91% to settle at 70.85 and Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was down 0.75% to 323.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 804 to 676 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 851 rose and 741 declined, while 65 ended unchanged.
Shares in TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.40% or 15.75 to 373.80. Shares in TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.60% or 16.45 to 374.05.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.76% to 15.1400.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.40% or 5.45 to $1359.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.86% or 0.35 to hit $40.48 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.55 to trade at $42.55 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.23% to 66.942, while EUR/INR rose 0.12% to 74.5380.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 95.59.
Source by Investing.com

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