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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.27% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which rose 2.05% or 74.70 points to trade at 3,717.20 at the close. Meanwhile, HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) added 0.75% or 10.15 points to end at 1,365.75 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was up 0.61% or 4.55 points to 752.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which fell 6.78% or 13.70 points to trade at 188.45 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 6.02% or 23.70 points to end at 369.70 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was down 4.48% or 57.20 points to 1,220.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which rose 0.75% to 1,365.55, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 0.73% to settle at 752.80 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 0.28% to close at 2,212.55.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 4.47% to 1,220.60 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 2.76% to settle at 1,270.95 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 2.68% to 155.95 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1479 to 387 and 32 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2406 fell and 1008 advanced, while 137 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 15.83% to 21.26.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.16% or 22.35 to $1,911.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 4.36% or 4.45 to hit $97.62 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 4.23% or 4.49 to trade at $101.66 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.30% to 76.71, while EUR/INR fell 0.32% to 82.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 101.68.
