Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Metals, Banking and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.40%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 33.59% or 10.75 points to trade at 42.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 6.50% or 15.15 points to end at 251.55 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 7.50% or 37.05 points to 531.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which fell 4.66% or 7.05 points to trade at 144.40 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) declined 3.45% or 6.70 points to end at 186.75 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was down 4.01% or 7.60 points to 182.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 32.97% to 42.55, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was up 6.16% to settle at 122.45 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which gained 6.11% to close at 54.70.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 4.66% to 144.35 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 3.36% to settle at 339.60 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.94% to 1256.60 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 986 to 566 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1453 fell and 909 advanced, while 145 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) rose to 52-week highs; up 7.50% or 37.05 to 531.60. Shares in IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.94% or 38.00 to 1256.60.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.64% to 17.7025.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.25 to $1507.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.38% or 0.20 to hit $52.44 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.25 to trade at $57.44 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.32% to 70.910, while EUR/INR fell 0.36% to 77.6710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 98.762.