Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Saturday, as losses in the Technology, IT and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.47%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which rose 5.23% or 377.15 points to trade at 7,590.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 2.71% or 30.40 points to end at 1,151.00 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 2.04% or 7.80 points to 390.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which fell 5.89% or 82.95 points to trade at 1,325.00 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 3.00% or 42.55 points to end at 1,374.80 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was down 2.53% or 30.15 points to 1,159.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which unchanged 0.00% to 2,949.55, Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was unchanged 0.00% to settle at 1,043.10 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which unchanged 0.00% to close at 7,085.15.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was unchanged 0.00% to 2,949.55 in late trade, Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which unchanged 0.00% to settle at 1,043.10 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was unchanged 0.00% to 7,085.15 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 0 to 0; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced.
Shares in Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) rose to all time highs; up 5.23% or 377.15 to 7,590.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.55% to 13.86.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.02% or 0.40 to $2,018.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.12% or 0.87 to hit $78.23 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.52% or 1.25 to trade at $83.68 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 83.12, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 90.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 103.26.