This post was originally published on this site
https://i-invdn-com.akamaized.net/news/LYNXMPEF2A140_M.jpg
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.58%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.58%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which rose 3.81% or 64.10 points to trade at 1748.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) added 3.36% or 6.25 points to end at 192.10 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was up 3.12% or 558.80 points to 18449.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK), which fell 7.12% or 26.80 points to trade at 349.35 at the close. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) declined 6.64% or 34.55 points to end at 485.85 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was down 5.09% or 9.55 points to 177.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 3.82% to 1748.00, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 3.31% to settle at 192.05 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 1.00% to close at 16710.00.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 7.35% to 348.40 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 6.60% to settle at 486.30 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 4.79% to 178.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 979 to 654 and 41 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1385 fell and 1181 advanced, while 118 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.81% to 29.5775.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.66% or 11.85 to $1793.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.96% or 0.79 to hit $39.58 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.62% or 0.69 to trade at $41.94 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.24% to 75.665, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 85.4940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.707.
