Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Power, Metals and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.48%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 1.69% or 111.60 points to trade at 6699.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) added 1.38% or 41.60 points to end at 3060.30 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 1.33% or 43.40 points to 3317.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which fell 8.46% or 59.80 points to trade at 646.90 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 3.36% or 38.40 points to end at 1103.75 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was down 2.92% or 29.65 points to 984.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 1.86% to 6708.15, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 1.37% to settle at 3060.35 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 1.34% to close at 3320.10.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.91% to 984.25 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 2.17% to settle at 5288.30 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 2.13% to 117.25 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1099 to 602 and 34 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1732 fell and 1327 advanced, while 144 ended unchanged.
Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) rose to all time highs; up 1.38% or 41.60 to 3060.30. Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) rose to all time highs; up 1.37% or 41.35 to 3060.35.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.84% to 15.2875.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 3.42% or 63.65 to $1797.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $72.02 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.17 to trade at $74.22 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 1.30% to 74.225, while EUR/INR rose 0.76% to 88.5495.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 91.810.