Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Technology and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.13%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which rose 2.04% or 7.85 points to trade at 391.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Housing Development Finance Corp. (NS:HDFC) added 1.37% or 19.30 points to end at 1424.75 and Coal India Limited (NS:COAL) was up 1.35% or 4.50 points to 338.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA), which fell 10.49% or 9.80 points to trade at 83.65 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 6.27% or 20.80 points to end at 310.85 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was down 2.91% or 30.80 points to 1029.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which rose 2.06% to 392.00, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was up 1.32% to settle at 338.05 and ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.24% to close at 260.90.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 6.37% to 310.70 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 2.73% to settle at 1029.15 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was down 2.48% to 135.60 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 979 to 495 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1038 fell and 588 advanced, while 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) fell to 3-years lows; losing 10.49% or 9.80 to 83.65. Shares in Housing Development Finance Corp. (NS:HDFC) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.37% or 19.30 to 1424.75.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.74% to 13.3400.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.05 to $1309.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.07% or 0.03 to hit $44.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.05 to trade at $46.84 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 67.005, while EUR/INR fell 0.05% to 74.6880.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 96.03.