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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.07%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 4.18% or 24.75 points to trade at 616.60 at the close. Meanwhile, ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) added 2.69% or 16.95 points to end at 647.60 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) was up 1.39% or 10.30 points to 750.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which fell 3.97% or 9.00 points to trade at 217.45 at the close. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 2.60% or 3.55 points to end at 132.90 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was down 2.56% or 16.50 points to 627.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 2.66% to 647.45, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.41% to settle at 1310.25 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 1.20% to close at 749.05.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 3.97% to 217.45 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 2.46% to settle at 97.00 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 2.34% to 628.45 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 908 to 723 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1489 fell and 1369 advanced, while 156 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) rose to all time highs; up 4.18% or 24.75 to 616.60. Shares in ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) rose to all time highs; up 2.69% or 16.95 to 647.60. Shares in AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.39% or 10.30 to 750.40. Shares in ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.66% or 16.80 to 647.45. Shares in AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.20% or 8.85 to 749.05.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.35% to 22.0425.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.33% or 5.95 to $1820.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.74% or 0.43 to hit $57.81 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.39 to trade at $60.75 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.18% to 72.568, while EUR/INR fell 0.35% to 87.8615.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 90.578.
