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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.83%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which rose 3.17% or 5.95 points to trade at 193.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) added 2.77% or 3.40 points to end at 126.05 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was up 2.62% or 3.90 points to 153.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK), which fell 3.57% or 57.40 points to trade at 1,550.85 at the close. Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) declined 3.34% or 87.65 points to end at 2,536.05 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) was down 2.40% or 13.65 points to 556.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.61% to 153.05, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 1.94% to settle at 1,371.00 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 1.52% to close at 236.60.
The worst performers were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 3.51% to 1,550.80 in late trade, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which lost 3.26% to settle at 2,536.50 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 2.07% to 1,170.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1171 to 658 and 33 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2126 rose and 1175 declined, while 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 2.62% or 3.90 to 153.00. Shares in NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 2.61% or 3.90 to 153.05. Shares in Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) rose to all time highs; rising 1.52% or 3.55 to 236.60.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.89% to 19.02.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.60 to $1,925.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.40% or 1.43 to hit $103.39 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.17% or 1.25 to trade at $107.89 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.45% to 75.76, while EUR/INR rose 0.47% to 82.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 99.53.
