Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Capital Goods and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.40%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which rose 1.64% or 4.70 points to trade at 291.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 1.97% or 3.45 points to end at 178.90 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 1.27% or 4.25 points to 338.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which fell 3.87% or 16.65 points to trade at 414.70 at the close. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) declined 3.01% or 10.65 points to end at 342.85 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was down 2.62% or 6.50 points to 241.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 2.45% to 179.75, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 1.41% to settle at 1756.00 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which gained 1.29% to close at 338.20.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.46% to 241.60 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 2.32% to settle at 288.70 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 2.14% to 729.80 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1285 to 330 and 33 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1961 fell and 684 advanced, while 128 ended unchanged.
Shares in State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.62% or 6.50 to 241.55. Shares in State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.46% or 6.10 to 241.60.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.93% to 15.2475.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.67% or 8.80 to $1330.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.43% or 0.28 to hit $64.89 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.55% or 0.38 to trade at $69.09 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.11% to 65.145, while EUR/INR fell 0.22% to 80.2473.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.30.