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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.34%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 2.21% or 20.55 points to trade at 952.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) added 1.32% or 58.70 points to end at 4,519.25 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) was up 1.04% or 28.25 points to 2,738.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which fell 6.00% or 158.10 points to trade at 2,475.60 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 2.15% or 15.80 points to end at 718.25 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was down 1.57% or 8.30 points to 520.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 1.96% to 949.00, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 1.10% to settle at 4,509.20 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which gained 1.05% to close at 2,711.20.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 1.30% to 940.40 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 1.29% to settle at 1,615.65 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.23% to 2,672.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 976 to 949 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1726 fell and 1624 advanced, while 126 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.03% to 13.11.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.19% or 3.75 to $1,978.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.69% or 1.23 to hit $74.14 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.54% or 1.18 to trade at $78.02 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.23% to 82.70, while EUR/INR fell 0.31% to 88.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 103.64.
