Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Public Sector Undertakings, Power and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty lost 0.73%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY), which rose 2.62% or 107.70 points to trade at 4221.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) added 2.19% or 15.95 points to end at 743.60 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) was up 1.95% or 2.05 points to 107.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL), which fell 4.31% or 9.15 points to trade at 203.25 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 3.33% or 30.30 points to end at 879.10 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS:AXBK) was down 2.89% or 13.95 points to 468.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which rose 2.59% to 4214.05, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was up 1.71% to settle at 106.85 and Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which gained 1.36% to close at 391.25.
The worst performers were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was down 4.38% to 203.25 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 2.81% to settle at 469.40 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 2.36% to 879.70 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 821 to 615 and 11 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 464 fell and 307 advanced, while 10 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 3.18% to 17.5825.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.41% or 16.60 to $1159.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.86% or 0.40 to hit $45.55 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.12% or 0.55 to trade at $48.50 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 65.225, while EUR/INR rose 0.73% to 71.4830.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 97.47.