The broad-based Nifty slipped below the 8,600-level by losing 24.60 points, 0.28 per cent, to 8,590.65
The global economic recovery augurs well for domestic companies having a large exposure to overseas markets.
India will achieve universal primary education in 2050, universal lower secondary education in 2060 and universal upper secondary education in 2085.
Traders said persistent buying by jewellers and retailers to meet the festive season demand and a firming global trend as the drop to this year's low lured Chinese buyers returning from a week-long break, mainly kept gold prices higher.
The recently concluded Lakme Fashion Week had plenty of runway style inspiration.
Growth was primarily pushed by a jump in steel and electricity generation, apart from a sustained rise in natural gas output.
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in a report on Monday that a lower but positive economic growth in India in the post-Covid-19 pandemic period and India's large market will continue to attract market-seeking investments to the country. The World Investment Report 2020 by UNCTAD said that India was the 9th largest recipient of FDI in 2019, with 51 billion dollars of inflows during the year, an increase from the 42 billion dollars of FDI received in 2018, when India ranked 12 among the top 20 host economies in the world.
The building blocks of a sustainable and significant market rise are in place.