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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.95%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 3.05% or 13.60 points to trade at 459.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) added 2.58% or 2.55 points to end at 101.40 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was up 2.25% or 4.85 points to 220.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which fell 3.01% or 116.55 points to trade at 3751.00 at the close. Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 2.97% or 22.10 points to end at 723.25 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) was down 2.67% or 19.55 points to 711.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which rose 2.28% to 220.00, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 0.79% to settle at 115.35 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which gained 0.70% to close at 1481.50.
The worst performers were Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 2.98% to 3752.00 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 2.40% to settle at 7100.00 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 2.14% to 2135.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 988 to 673 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1585 fell and 1317 advanced, while 159 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.63% to 21.7075.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.22% or 21.05 to $1701.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.26% or 0.17 to hit $66.19 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.24 to trade at $69.87 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.00% to 72.689, while EUR/INR fell 0.53% to 86.6485.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 91.875.
