Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Capital Goods and Auto sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.69%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which rose 3.23% or 8.45 points to trade at 267.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 2.18% or 46.70 points to end at 2188.85 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 0.55% or 1.50 points to 276.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which fell 9.16% or 20.50 points to trade at 203.25 at the close. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) declined 6.01% or 60.10 points to end at 939.70 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was down 4.81% or 111.35 points to 2204.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 2.16% to 2187.80, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was up 1.39% to settle at 276.30 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 0.97% to close at 1293.00.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 9.14% to 203.20 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 3.69% to settle at 118.75 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 3.68% to 7556.05 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1210 to 386 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1764 fell and 741 advanced, while 142 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) fell to 52-week lows; falling 9.16% or 20.50 to 203.25. Shares in Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) fell to 52-week lows; losing 9.14% or 20.45 to 203.20. Shares in Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) fell to 3-years lows; losing 3.69% or 4.55 to 118.75. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.68% or 288.35 to 7556.05.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.97% to 16.9225.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.40 to $1199.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.06% or 0.76 to hit $72.33 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.63 to trade at $81.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.25% to 72.555, while EUR/INR fell 0.20% to 85.0635.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 94.09.