At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.42%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.32%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which rose 1.91% or 46.85 points to trade at 2,504.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 1.55% or 24.55 points to end at 1,610.55 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 1.52% or 26.80 points to 1,789.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which fell 2.71% or 9.90 points to trade at 355.60 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) declined 2.35% or 56.40 points to end at 2,344.95 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) was down 2.01% or 93.70 points to 4,556.75.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 1.56% to 1,610.70, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 1.29% to settle at 997.65 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 1.22% to close at 1,781.90.

The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 2.59% to 356.10 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 2.36% to settle at 2,346.00 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 1.46% to 787.35 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1776 to 699 and 151 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2380 fell and 1447 advanced, while 102 ended unchanged.

Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.52% or 26.80 to 1,789.60.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.40% to 13.22 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.33% or 8.99 to $2,747.71 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $70.33 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $73.52 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.08% to 84.89, while EUR/INR rose 0.17% to 89.18.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 106.28.