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India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.06%

Published 05/15/2020, 06:45 AM
India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.06%
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Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Auto sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.06%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which rose 3.87% or 3.45 points to trade at 92.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 2.77% or 14.95 points to end at 554.80 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 2.62% or 8.10 points to 317.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which fell 4.64% or 18.60 points to trade at 381.85 at the close. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) declined 3.63% or 6.15 points to end at 163.50 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) was down 3.27% or 13.15 points to 388.80.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 2.68% to 554.10, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 2.04% to settle at 1553.15 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 1.63% to close at 1458.90.

The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 4.56% to 382.00 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 3.30% to settle at 388.65 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.43% to 418.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 799 to 682 and 107 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1161 fell and 1030 advanced, while 169 ended unchanged.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.43% to 38.0175.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.45 to $1739.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.60% or 0.44 to hit $28.00 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.57% or 0.49 to trade at $31.62 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.37% to 75.760, while EUR/INR rose 0.43% to 81.8970.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 100.325.

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