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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.23%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 2.39% or 8.00 points to trade at 342.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) added 1.96% or 64.10 points to end at 3,334.70 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) was up 1.34% or 56.55 points to 4,265.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which fell 2.45% or 28.10 points to trade at 1,118.80 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 2.36% or 25.15 points to end at 1,038.70 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was down 2.16% or 27.15 points to 1,232.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which rose 1.05% to 873.15, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 0.90% to settle at 1,215.85 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 0.77% to close at 764.90.
The worst performers were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 2.40% to 1,038.00 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 2.35% to settle at 1,119.95 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 2.28% to 1,232.20 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 953 to 946 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1779 rose and 1609 declined, while 118 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.16% or 27.15 to 1,232.20. Shares in Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.28% or 28.75 to 1,232.20.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.64% to 12.15.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.69% or 34.05 to $1,985.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.67% or 1.35 to hit $79.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.76% or 1.49 to trade at $83.28 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.14% to 82.22, while EUR/INR fell 0.13% to 89.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 101.75.
