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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.06% to hit a new 3-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 4.44% or 18.70 points to trade at 440.10 at the close. Meanwhile, UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) added 2.16% or 16.15 points to end at 765.30 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 2.07% or 4.45 points to 219.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which fell 2.63% or 192.80 points to trade at 7,149.40 at the close. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) declined 2.35% or 3.75 points to end at 155.65 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was down 1.98% or 2.70 points to 133.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 1.91% to 109.25, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 1.50% to settle at 714.95 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.45% to close at 848.50.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 2.66% to 7,147.75 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 2.20% to settle at 155.70 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 1.41% to 952.50 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1058 to 777 and 42 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1806 fell and 1468 advanced, while 118 ended unchanged.
Shares in Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) rose to 3-years highs; up 2.07% or 4.45 to 219.85. Shares in ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) rose to all time highs; rising 1.45% or 12.10 to 848.50.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.48% to 19.59 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.31% or 5.65 to $1,806.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.28% or 1.16 to hit $89.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.21% or 1.17 to trade at $95.14 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 79.50, while EUR/INR rose 0.21% to 81.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 105.99.
