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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.33%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which rose 3.17% or 101.40 points to trade at 3302.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 2.77% or 7.95 points to end at 295.25 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 1.87% or 22.35 points to 1214.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which fell 2.95% or 23.40 points to trade at 769.90 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 2.69% or 39.05 points to end at 1411.20 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was down 2.63% or 24.95 points to 922.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 3.20% to 3303.10, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 1.73% to settle at 19794.00 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 1.54% to close at 798.50.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 2.89% to 770.15 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.67% to settle at 1411.40 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 2.04% to 16784.55 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 901 to 767 and 59 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1596 fell and 1417 advanced, while 141 ended unchanged.
Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.17% or 101.40 to 3302.75. Shares in SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) rose to all time highs; rising 1.87% or 22.35 to 1214.40. Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) rose to all time highs; up 3.20% or 102.35 to 3303.10. Shares in AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.54% or 12.10 to 798.50.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.31% to 14.1850.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.15% or 2.80 to $1815.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $68.56 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $71.71 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.17% to 73.073, while EUR/INR rose 0.27% to 86.3610.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 92.648.
