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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.48%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which rose 6.37% or 128.30 points to trade at 2143.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 4.33% or 21.10 points to end at 508.00 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 3.52% or 59.50 points to 1752.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which fell 5.29% or 167.60 points to trade at 3002.00 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 3.74% or 19.20 points to end at 493.75 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was down 2.88% or 77.90 points to 2622.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which rose 6.51% to 2145.65, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was up 1.70% to settle at 2842.90 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.52% to close at 756.85.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 5.21% to 3003.50 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 2.85% to settle at 2623.00 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 2.59% to 1753.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 918 to 801 and 50 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1586 fell and 1529 advanced, while 128 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) rose to all time highs; up 6.37% or 128.30 to 2143.75. Shares in Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) rose to all time highs; rising 6.51% or 131.15 to 2145.65. Shares in ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.52% or 11.30 to 756.85.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.52% to 18.0350.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.70 to $1786.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.67% or 0.56 to hit $82.86 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.94 to trade at $84.88 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 74.823, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 87.0900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.653.
