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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.36%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which rose 4.19% or 209.75 points to trade at 5,218.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) added 2.73% or 95.10 points to end at 3,581.05 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was up 2.22% or 104.45 points to 4,803.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which fell 3.02% or 88.55 points to trade at 2,843.05 at the close. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) declined 1.98% or 26.15 points to end at 1,297.10 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was down 1.89% or 7.50 points to 388.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which rose 2.48% to 4,810.70, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 1.12% to settle at 22,980.00 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 1.01% to close at 1,392.75.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.93% to 388.95 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 1.81% to settle at 1,299.45 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.80% to 566.10 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1093 to 861 and 59 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1719 fell and 1677 advanced, while 138 ended unchanged.
Shares in Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.19% or 209.75 to 5,218.75. Shares in Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) rose to all time highs; rising 1.12% or 255.55 to 22,980.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.74% to 11.08 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.16% or 22.85 to $1,946.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.95% or 0.65 to hit $68.92 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.72 to trade at $73.92 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.16% to 82.18, while EUR/INR rose 0.36% to 89.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 102.67.
