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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.12%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which rose 8.99% or 15.25 points to trade at 184.80 at the close. Meanwhile, HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) added 7.19% or 37.60 points to end at 560.80 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 5.75% or 61.00 points to 1,121.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which fell 6.01% or 499.95 points to trade at 7,814.20 at the close. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) declined 5.17% or 210.25 points to end at 3,853.15 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) was down 4.62% or 163.20 points to 3,367.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 5.54% to 1,288.50, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 1.88% to settle at 2,592.55 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 1.67% to close at 2,398.40.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 6.00% to 7,813.85 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 5.14% to settle at 3,854.15 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 4.53% to 3,028.80 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 921 to 880 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1655 rose and 1584 declined, while 111 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.17% or 210.25 to 3,853.15. Shares in Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.14% or 208.80 to 3,854.15.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.32% to 29.23.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.90% or 17.40 to $1,926.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 4.44% or 4.59 to hit $108.00 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 4.50% or 4.72 to trade at $109.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.10% to 75.73, while EUR/INR fell 0.29% to 84.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 97.59.
