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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.79%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 1.18% or 4.90 points to trade at 421.60 at the close. Meanwhile, HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) added 0.48% or 7.85 points to end at 1,639.65 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was up 0.40% or 10.75 points to 2,674.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which fell 3.58% or 159.85 points to trade at 4,309.10 at the close. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 2.75% or 35.35 points to end at 1,251.60 and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) was down 2.66% or 23.50 points to 860.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which rose 0.49% to 1,638.70, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 0.30% to settle at 2,670.40 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 0.19% to close at 19,767.50.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 3.62% to 4,309.30 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 2.44% to settle at 1,255.40 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 2.30% to 3,057.45 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1275 to 624 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2016 fell and 1392 advanced, while 125 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.46% to 14.07.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.16% or 2.85 to $1,790.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.67% or 2.03 to hit $74.08 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.65% or 2.15 to trade at $79.06 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 82.83, while EUR/INR unchanged 0.00% to 88.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.20.
