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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.05%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which rose 2.86% or 50.50 points to trade at 1815.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 1.58% or 7.60 points to end at 489.55 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 1.43% or 22.25 points to 1576.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which fell 2.60% or 528.85 points to trade at 19839.60 at the close. Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) declined 2.40% or 125.05 points to end at 5085.05 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was down 1.79% or 12.05 points to 662.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which rose 2.94% to 1817.90, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 1.13% to settle at 2056.50 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 0.98% to close at 777.20.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 2.44% to 19876.65 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 1.72% to settle at 113.95 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.33% to 6784.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 960 to 721 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1713 rose and 1308 declined, while 150 ended unchanged.
Shares in Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) rose to all time highs; rising 1.13% or 23.00 to 2056.50.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.26% to 14.4100.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.70 to $1800.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.36% or 0.93 to hit $69.28 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.81 to trade at $72.50 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.18% to 73.573, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 86.9590.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 92.672.
