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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.56%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which rose 2.79% or 224.40 points to trade at 8274.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) added 2.49% or 78.55 points to end at 3230.25 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 2.35% or 27.05 points to 1180.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which fell 3.13% or 24.45 points to trade at 755.60 at the close. Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) declined 2.14% or 53.90 points to end at 2464.00 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was down 2.09% or 19.25 points to 902.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 2.77% to 8273.00, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 2.47% to settle at 3229.80 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 2.08% to close at 191.15.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 1.95% to 712.15 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 1.91% to settle at 2464.05 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.51% to 2051.50 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1065 to 687 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1791 fell and 1461 advanced, while 107 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.79% or 224.40 to 8274.75. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.77% or 223.35 to 8273.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.41% to 14.9800 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.46% or 8.55 to $1862.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.00% or 0.80 to hit $78.94 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.73 to trade at $81.70 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.25% to 74.265, while EUR/INR fell 0.32% to 84.0010.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.942.
