The NSE Nifty 50 Index rose 0.13%, or 16.00 to 11,937.50. The MSCI AC Asia Pacific Index advanced 0.42%. 28 shares rose, while 22 fell.
***BPCL contributed the most to the index gain and had the largest move, increasing 2.28%.
***Tata Consultancy was the biggest drag on the index and had the biggest drop, declining 2.97%.
***This quarter, the index rose 4%, this year, the index rose 9.9%, poised for the best year since 2017.
***The index advanced 13.8% in the past 52 weeks. The MSCI AC Asia Pacific Index gained 9.15% in the same period
***The NSE Nifty 50 is 1.82% below its 52-week high on Nov. 28, 2019 and 15.5% above its low on Dec. 11, 2018
***The NSE Nifty 50 is down 0.92% in the past 5 days and rose 0.25% in the past 30 days
***NSE Nifty 50 is trading at a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.1 on a trailing basis and 21.2 times estimated earnings of its members for the coming year
***The index's dividend yield is 1.24% on a trailing 12-month basis
***NSE Nifty 50's members have a total market capitalization of 88.2 trillion rupees
***30-day price volatility fell to 8.87 percent compared with 8.91% in the previous session and the average of 9.16% over the past month.
***The U.S. dollar fell 0.22% to 71.0450 against the Indian rupee
***The benchmark 10-year bond rose and the yield fell 0.16 basis points to 6.668%. Credit default swaps were unchanged at 67.59