Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as in the sectors led shares .
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 unchanged 0% to hit a new 6-months low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index unchanged 0%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 509.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 17990.20 and Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) was unchanged 0% or 0 points to 3501.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 479.80 at the close. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 687.15 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was 0% or 0 points to 937.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which unchanged 0% to 17978.15, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was unchanged 0% to settle at 4207.70 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which unchanged 0% to close at 827.90.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was unchanged 0% to 938.30 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which unchanged 0% to settle at 837.70 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was unchanged 0% to 6923.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1792 to 45 and 5 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 3074 fell and 222 advanced, while 83 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0% or 0 to 4207.70.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was unchanged 0% to 27.0600 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.63% or 12.05 to $1911.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 3.68% or 3.32 to hit $93.53 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.10% or 1.95 to trade at $94.94 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0% to 74.859, while EUR/INR unchanged 0% to 84.6985.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.112.