Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Consumer Durables and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL), which rose 4.58% or 7.85 points to trade at 179.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ) added 1.93% or 4.60 points to end at 243.35 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 1.82% or 9.90 points to 553.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which fell 2.14% or 4.25 points to trade at 193.95 at the close. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) declined 1.74% or 4.85 points to end at 274.10 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was down 1.51% or 4.50 points to 292.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which rose 1.68% to 501.65, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 1.66% to settle at 1438.35 and Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which gained 1.46% to close at 2801.00.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 1.65% to 274.35 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which lost 1.40% to settle at 280.85 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.35% to 292.70 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 839 to 725 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1419 rose and 1383 declined, while 128 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.58% or 7.85 to 179.10. Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.66% or 23.45 to 1438.35.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.25% to 11.2900 a new all time low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.50% or 6.25 to $1254.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $51.24 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.14 to trade at $54.50 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.41% to 64.790, while EUR/INR fell 0.07% to 69.1244.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 100.48.