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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.27%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 2.78% or 23.65 points to trade at 874.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) added 1.06% or 9.65 points to end at 920.65 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was up 0.32% or 25.30 points to 7,904.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which fell 4.83% or 26.10 points to trade at 514.15 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) declined 3.23% or 71.00 points to end at 2,126.95 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was down 3.16% or 31.55 points to 967.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 0.98% to 920.30, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 0.50% to settle at 738.45 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 0.35% to close at 7,903.25.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 3.08% to 500.40 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 3.06% to settle at 2,129.70 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.94% to 959.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1141 to 682 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1864 fell and 1428 advanced, while 117 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.80% to 18.35.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.65% or 12.75 to $1,935.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.67% or 1.73 to hit $102.06 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.63% or 1.77 to trade at $106.56 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.25% to 76.45, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 82.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 100.99.
