Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Metals, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.51% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which rose 8.40% or 27.85 points to trade at 357.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 6.47% or 10.40 points to end at 170.30 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 1.63% or 47.70 points to 2971.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which fell 3.56% or 46.30 points to trade at 1256.45 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 3.19% or 12.10 points to end at 368.05 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was down 1.85% or 6.00 points to 315.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 5.94% to 170.30, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 1.65% to settle at 2970.00 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which gained 1.17% to close at 2530.00.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 3.41% to 1255.15 in late trade, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which lost 2.53% to settle at 242.60 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 2.33% to 127.95 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 918 to 661 and 62 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1341 fell and 1040 advanced, while 140 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.34% to 25.4850.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.75 to $1284.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $62.09 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $70.45 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.22% to 69.891, while EUR/INR rose 0.23% to 78.1945.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 97.417.