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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.06%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which rose 6.21% or 32.45 points to trade at 555.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) added 1.82% or 35.35 points to end at 1972.80 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 1.40% or 20.75 points to 1498.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which fell 6.07% or 15.80 points to trade at 244.50 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 5.79% or 40.90 points to end at 665.00 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was down 4.93% or 5.00 points to 96.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 2.37% to 1983.50, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 1.57% to settle at 1499.50 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which gained 1.04% to close at 1481.60.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 4.59% to 96.70 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 4.16% to settle at 578.90 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 3.89% to 195.15 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1344 to 335 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2002 fell and 889 advanced, while 137 ended unchanged.
Shares in HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 1.04% or 15.25 to 1481.60.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.60% to 24.3950 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.17% or 3.05 to $1832.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $52.32 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.17 to trade at $54.93 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.24% to 73.295, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 88.4085.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 90.892.
