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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.62%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 3.88% or 5.70 points to trade at 152.60 at the close. Meanwhile, HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) added 2.93% or 16.20 points to end at 569.10 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 2.11% or 22.60 points to 1,096.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which fell 8.06% or 248.80 points to trade at 2,838.05 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 5.88% or 44.25 points to end at 707.90 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was down 3.98% or 31.55 points to 761.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 3.84% to 152.65, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 1.42% to settle at 1,907.50 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 1.41% to close at 688.35.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 8.04% to 2,838.40 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 3.69% to settle at 3,166.60 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 3.53% to 1,059.25 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1611 to 243 and 28 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2532 fell and 684 advanced, while 114 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.38% to 25.28.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.69% or 12.90 to $1,852.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.32% or 1.45 to hit $111.22 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 1.26 to trade at $111.95 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 77.57, while EUR/INR fell 0.51% to 82.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 102.32.
