Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Auto and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.49%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 2.65% or 4.70 points to trade at 182.05 at the close. Meanwhile, JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) added 2.61% or 19.05 points to end at 748.80 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 1.59% or 2.45 points to 156.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which fell 3.06% or 54.20 points to trade at 1,714.85 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) declined 2.73% or 52.90 points to end at 1,886.50 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was down 2.72% or 27.60 points to 987.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.62% to 182.05, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 1.09% to settle at 2,340.60 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 0.98% to close at 241.60.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 2.68% to 987.10 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 2.68% to settle at 1,886.35 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 1.99% to 1,073.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1283 to 683 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1974 fell and 1460 advanced, while 106 ended unchanged.
Shares in NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.65% or 4.70 to 182.05. Shares in NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.62% or 4.65 to 182.05.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.62% to 11.26.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.19% or 3.70 to $1,962.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.69% or 0.50 to hit $73.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.47 to trade at $77.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 82.57, while EUR/INR rose 0.32% to 88.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 103.83.