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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.32%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which rose 3.21% or 4.80 points to trade at 154.15 at the close. Meanwhile, NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) added 2.27% or 3.15 points to end at 141.75 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was up 2.08% or 52.45 points to 2,580.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL), which fell 4.36% or 24.70 points to trade at 541.25 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) declined 3.63% or 84.20 points to end at 2,233.45 and Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) was down 3.24% or 124.35 points to 3,713.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.42% to 141.90, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 1.98% to settle at 2,579.05 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 1.52% to close at 840.55.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 3.46% to 2,238.10 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 2.57% to settle at 625.80 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 2.19% to 11,114.45 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1052 to 748 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1713 fell and 1478 advanced, while 140 ended unchanged.
Shares in AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.57% or 16.50 to 625.80. Shares in Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.19% or 248.75 to 11,114.45.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.10% to 21.90.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.29% or 5.35 to $1,826.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.77% or 0.86 to hit $112.62 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.76 to trade at $114.56 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 79.03, while EUR/INR rose 0.12% to 83.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.26.
