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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.49%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 2.65% or 4.70 points to trade at 182.05 at the close. Meanwhile, JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) added 2.61% or 19.05 points to end at 748.80 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 1.59% or 2.45 points to 156.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which fell 3.06% or 54.20 points to trade at 1,714.85 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) declined 2.73% or 52.90 points to end at 1,886.50 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was down 2.72% or 27.60 points to 987.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.62% to 182.05, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 1.09% to settle at 2,340.60 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 0.98% to close at 241.60.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 2.68% to 987.10 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 2.68% to settle at 1,886.35 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 1.99% to 1,073.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1283 to 683 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1974 fell and 1460 advanced, while 106 ended unchanged.
Shares in NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.65% or 4.70 to 182.05. Shares in NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.62% or 4.65 to 182.05.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.62% to 11.26.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.19% or 3.70 to $1,962.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.69% or 0.50 to hit $73.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.47 to trade at $77.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 82.57, while EUR/INR rose 0.32% to 88.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 103.83.
