Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Green Energy and Carbon sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.30%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which rose 1.05% or 4.85 points to trade at 468.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) added 1.04% or 209.40 points to end at 20333.75 and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) was up 0.23% or 2.75 points to 1205.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which fell 3.36% or 25.30 points to trade at 731.35 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 2.88% or 7.10 points to end at 240.45 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was down 2.60% or 8.55 points to 320.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which rose 1.45% to 468.50, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 0.45% to settle at 2286.35 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 0.36% to close at 182.50.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.54% to 320.45 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 2.42% to settle at 922.60 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 2.39% to 536.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 911 to 643 and 38 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1389 fell and 1228 advanced, while 150 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.75% to 13.5500.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.44 to $1280.66 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.99% or 0.57 to hit $57.87 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.71 to trade at $63.24 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.24% to 64.575, while EUR/INR rose 0.15% to 76.3596.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.36.