Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.34% to hit a new 3-months low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 4.15% or 6.50 points to trade at 163.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) added 3.74% or 13.700 points to end at 380.000 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) was up 1.66% or 3.95 points to 241.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE), which fell 3.75% or 11.25 points to trade at 288.65 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 3.55% or 9.85 points to end at 267.40 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was down 3.30% or 30.90 points to 904.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which rose 1.66% to 3379.50, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 1.29% to settle at 240.35 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 0.71% to close at 3281.50.
The worst performers were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which was down 3.92% to 288.10 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 3.53% to settle at 267.55 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was down 2.50% to 403.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1094 to 407 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1737 fell and 1142 advanced, while 119 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.15% or 6.50 to 163.00.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.93% to 16.4725.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.10% or 14.35 to $1293.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.79% or 0.36 to hit $45.70 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.40 to trade at $47.26 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 66.735, while EUR/INR fell 0.17% to 73.9840.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 97.25.