Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Metals and Green Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.49%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which rose 2.09% or 23.80 points to trade at 1160.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 0.94% or 16.15 points to end at 1726.25 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 0.84% or 6.15 points to 734.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC), which fell 3.00% or 5.93 points to trade at 192.05 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) declined 2.20% or 7.00 points to end at 311.85 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was down 1.86% or 17.25 points to 911.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 2.14% to 1160.95, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was up 0.79% to settle at 1880.10 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 0.67% to close at 733.60.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 2.04% to 312.40 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 1.76% to settle at 912.25 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 1.60% to 301.45 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1028 to 566 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1605 rose and 1004 declined, while 150 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.23% to 14.3300.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.14% or 1.80 to $1323.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $60.94 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.13 to trade at $64.76 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 64.905, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 80.2094.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.75.