Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Public Sector Undertakings, Oil & Gas and Auto sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.12%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 3.42% or 9.10 points to trade at 275.25 at the close. Meanwhile, UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) added 3.27% or 24.20 points to end at 763.30 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) was up 2.10% or 6.85 points to 332.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (NS:IOC), which fell 2.59% or 10.40 points to trade at 392.00 at the close. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) declined 2.08% or 6.55 points to end at 308.40 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) was down 1.63% or 61.60 points to 3716.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 1.78% to 734.65, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 1.30% to settle at 2431.75 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which gained 0.82% to close at 1873.00.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.86% to 308.30 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which lost 1.74% to settle at 3713.50 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 1.70% to 567.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 820 to 768 and 25 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1414 rose and 1275 declined, while 190 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.78% or 12.85 to 734.65.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.56% to 12.2975.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.25% or 3.20 to $1294.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $59.72 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $66.08 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.04% to 64.103, while EUR/INR rose 0.29% to 76.4527.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 92.47.