Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Durables and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.77% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 1.69% or 15.10 points to trade at 907.75 at the close. Meanwhile, NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) added 1.69% or 2.60 points to end at 156.40 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 1.54% or 19.60 points to 1289.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which fell 7.00% or 50.00 points to trade at 664.25 at the close. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) declined 5.51% or 15.25 points to end at 261.35 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was down 4.14% or 15.85 points to 366.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 1.79% to 156.05, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 1.78% to settle at 907.25 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 1.64% to close at 380.90.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 2.78% to 271.15 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 2.69% to settle at 263.90 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 2.59% to 157.65 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1205 to 388 and 44 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1753 fell and 773 advanced, while 139 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.51% or 15.25 to 261.35. Shares in Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.54% or 19.60 to 1289.60. Shares in Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.14% or 15.85 to 366.95. Shares in Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.69% or 7.30 to 263.90. Shares in Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.59% or 4.20 to 157.65.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.24% to 13.9475 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.20% or 2.50 to $1253.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $72.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.38 to trade at $77.84 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.26% to 68.755, while EUR/INR rose 0.47% to 79.6830.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 94.84.