Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Auto and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.80%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 1.74% or 14.25 points to trade at 832.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 1.43% or 18.25 points to end at 1,292.60 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was up 1.10% or 61.95 points to 5,677.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK), which fell 2.89% or 28.55 points to trade at 958.60 at the close. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 2.88% or 47.10 points to end at 1,586.90 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was down 2.46% or 30.55 points to 1,209.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 1.46% to 1,292.85, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 1.32% to settle at 5,685.00 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 0.83% to close at 3,242.35.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 3.08% to 1,583.80 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 2.81% to settle at 959.35 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.12% to 588.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1400 to 627 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2224 fell and 1294 advanced, while 135 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.79% to 10.82.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.10% or 21.65 to $1,945.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.89% or 0.80 to hit $88.86 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.85 to trade at $92.68 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.06% to 83.01, while EUR/INR fell 0.10% to 88.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 105.15.