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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.03% to hit a new 52-week high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which rose 2.80% or 53.50 points to trade at 1,965.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) added 1.18% or 2.75 points to end at 234.90 and HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) was up 0.86% or 13.90 points to 1,632.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which fell 2.88% or 132.70 points to trade at 4,479.25 at the close. Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) declined 2.49% or 101.20 points to end at 3,956.60 and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) was down 2.16% or 19.55 points to 887.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which rose 2.73% to 1,965.65, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 0.98% to settle at 2,480.80 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 0.92% to close at 4,477.65.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 1.89% to 6,891.85 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 1.80% to settle at 106.55 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.19% to 169.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1195 to 693 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2025 fell and 1370 advanced, while 118 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.18% to 15.10.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.52% or 9.25 to $1,786.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.23% or 0.20 to hit $87.12 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.56% or 0.53 to trade at $94.39 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.19% to 81.21, while EUR/INR rose 0.97% to 84.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 105.82.
