Stock Market Impact: The Nifty 50 closed up 1.32% at the close of trade and the BSE Sensex 30 added 1.42%, indicating a broad rally. The India VIX fell 7.84% to 16.50, a one‑month low, signalling reduced market volatility.
Listed Companies and Sectors: Gains were led by Banking, Auto and Oil & Gas stocks. Top Nifty gainers were Eicher Motors Ltd (+6.45% to 7,432.00), Adani Enterprises Ltd (+4.77% to 2,847.00) and Bajaj Finance Ltd (+2.99% to 943.95). On the BSE, Bajaj Finance (+2.98% to 943.65), HDFC Bank (+2.82% to 788.00) and Eternal Ltd (+2.71% to 248.50) were the best performers. Decliners included ONGC (-1.72% to 285.00), Hindalco Industries (-0.96% to 1,098.60) and Nestle India (-0.56% to 1,415.10). Infosys and TCS posted modest losses on the BSE.
Commodity Prices: Gold Futures for August delivery rose 1.06% to $4,604.92 per ounce. Crude oil (July) fell 5.53% to $91.26 per barrel and Brent (August) fell 5.24% to $94.96 per barrel.
Currency Movements: USD/INR slipped 0.48% to 95.24 and EUR/INR fell 0.14% to 110.88. The US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.25% at 98.94.
