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https://i-invdn-com.akamaized.net/news/LYNXMPED690JL_M.jpgInvesting.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the fell 0.07%, while the index declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:), which rose 3.61% or 10.25 points to trade at 294.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Vedanta Ltd (NS:) added 2.43% or 3.50 points to end at 147.75 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:) was up 1.45% or 41.65 points to 2908.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:), which fell 3.79% or 1.95 points to trade at 49.65 at the close. Nestle India Ltd (NS:) declined 2.41% or 358.25 points to end at 14532.50 and Coal India Ltd (NS:) was down 1.57% or 3.15 points to 197.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:) which rose 2.46% to 147.75, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:) which was up 1.42% to settle at 7361.90 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.37% to close at 2423.00.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:) which was down 3.31% to 49.65 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.78% to settle at 1571.00 and State Bank Of India (BO:) which was down 1.63% to 332.35 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 884 to 691 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1327 fell and 1060 advanced, while 189 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.98% to 11.9575 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.52% or 7.65 to $1488.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.12% or 0.07 to hit $60.37 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $66.19 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.17% to 71.174, while EUR/INR rose 0.26% to 78.9175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 97.225.
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