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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.21%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which rose 4.42% or 5.60 points to trade at 132.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) added 1.94% or 83.95 points to end at 4,419.65 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was up 1.42% or 15.80 points to 1,130.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which fell 5.67% or 208.25 points to trade at 3,463.35 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 4.42% or 36.25 points to end at 784.40 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was down 3.18% or 281.15 points to 8,547.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which rose 1.99% to 4,420.15, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 0.46% to settle at 803.45 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 0.41% to close at 160.40.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 3.16% to 8,544.40 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 2.77% to settle at 2,622.20 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.55% to 1,156.10 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1242 to 606 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2008 fell and 1392 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) rose to all time highs; rising 1.42% or 15.80 to 1,130.75. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.46% or 3.70 to 803.45.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 7.00% to 21.36.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1,672.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.82% or 3.04 to hit $82.53 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.62% or 3.08 to trade at $88.22 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.37% to 81.81, while EUR/INR rose 0.14% to 79.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 112.29.
