Indian shares inch toward record high tracking Asia; HDFC firms gain

 Indian shares inched closer to record highs on Tuesday, tracking Asian peers and buoyed by gains in HDFC group companies, while the stock exchange pushed a market holiday to Thursday from Wednesday. The blue-chip Nifty (.NSEI), opens new tab index closed 0.68% higher at 18,817.4 – about 70 points shy of an all-time high, while the S&P […]