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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.06%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which rose 3.09% or 132.45 points to trade at 4,415.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 2.82% or 20.85 points to end at 761.25 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was up 2.43% or 4.00 points to 168.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which fell 2.34% or 407.15 points to trade at 16,968.95 at the close. Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) declined 2.29% or 19.20 points to end at 818.25 and Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) was down 1.47% or 53.80 points to 3,608.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 2.79% to 761.30, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 2.56% to settle at 168.40 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 1.54% to close at 108.55.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 2.08% to 17,014.00 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 1.14% to settle at 1,915.95 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.08% to 1,304.95 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 960 to 886 and 44 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1708 rose and 1605 declined, while 130 ended unchanged.
Shares in NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.43% or 4.00 to 168.50. Shares in NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.56% or 4.20 to 168.40.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.70% to 19.52.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1,722.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.53% or 0.46 to hit $86.41 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.10% or 2.97 to trade at $92.77 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.38% to 79.75, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 79.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 109.79.
