Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Capital Goods and Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.55% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which rose 3.19% or 147.10 points to trade at 4,761.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 1.77% or 17.90 points to end at 1,030.00 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 1.54% or 33.65 points to 2,216.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART), which fell 5.65% or 196.90 points to trade at 3,289.95 at the close. Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) declined 4.53% or 128.90 points to end at 2,714.40 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was down 4.41% or 27.35 points to 592.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 1.48% to 2,214.35, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 1.27% to settle at 820.70 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 0.54% to close at 1,435.00.
The worst performers were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 5.56% to 3,291.30 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 4.51% to settle at 2,716.00 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 3.27% to 426.50 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1882 to 312 and 50 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2786 fell and 898 advanced, while 106 ended unchanged.
Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.53% or 128.90 to 2,714.40. Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.51% or 128.25 to 2,716.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.56% to 18.20 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.25% or 5.70 to $2,316.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.86% or 0.68 to hit $79.67 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.64 to trade at $84.22 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 83.51, while EUR/INR fell 0.05% to 89.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 105.53.