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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.20%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 4.04% or 39.55 points to trade at 1,018.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) added 2.63% or 4.80 points to end at 187.65 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was up 2.11% or 4.80 points to 232.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which fell 3.36% or 149.60 points to trade at 4,304.75 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) declined 2.96% or 77.85 points to end at 2,552.50 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was down 2.91% or 71.65 points to 2,386.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 4.17% to 1,019.00, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 2.54% to settle at 157.50 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 2.20% to close at 232.60.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 2.95% to 2,386.60 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 2.74% to settle at 495.05 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 2.01% to 1,231.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1260 to 585 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2152 fell and 1205 advanced, while 179 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.47% to 20.28.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.70% or 32.55 to $1,879.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.91% or 3.05 to hit $101.64 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.40% or 2.57 to trade at $104.57 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 76.50, while EUR/INR fell 0.19% to 80.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 103.39.
