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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.04%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 2.54% or 189.40 points to trade at 7636.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 2.05% or 18.25 points to end at 910.00 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was up 1.95% or 89.25 points to 4659.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which fell 3.62% or 55.45 points to trade at 1477.85 at the close. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) declined 3.42% or 4.70 points to end at 132.65 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) was down 3.21% or 67.35 points to 2031.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 2.61% to 7632.75, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 2.12% to settle at 4670.05 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 1.49% to close at 7483.40.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 3.53% to 1478.75 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 3.05% to settle at 133.30 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 2.76% to 2040.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1005 to 732 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1719 fell and 1355 advanced, while 142 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.72% to 17.4250.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.32% or 5.85 to $1796.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.34% or 0.28 to hit $83.09 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.34 to trade at $84.00 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.15% to 74.896, while EUR/INR fell 0.06% to 87.2910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.490.
