The Trading Room

Shares of Facebook Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc, Netflix Inc and Google-parent Alphabet Inc — commonly known as the “FAANG” group of stocks — fell between 1.9% and 4.8%.

The derivatives market of the NSE had no contracts concluded in today’s trading session.

Mainland Chinese stocks edged higher on the day, as the Shanghai composite added 0.72% to about 3,316.42 while the Shenzhen component was fractionally higher at 13,293.33.

Tuskys has lost significant clout to rivals Naivas and newcomer Quickmart which has been on an expansion spree countrywide.

The dollar index rose 0.2% against its rivals, making gold more expensive for holders of other currencies