India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.72%

Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the fell 0.72%, while the index declined 0.72%.

The best performers of the session on the were Vedanta Ltd (NS:), which rose 1.93% or 2.85 points to trade at 150.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:) added 2.50% or 3.15 points to end at 128.00 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:) was up 0.95% or 39.50 points to 4187.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:), which fell 4.39% or 2.25 points to trade at 48.65 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:) declined 1.99% or 9.10 points to end at 447.55 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:) was down 1.98% or 30.65 points to 1515.40.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:) which rose 1.79% to 150.65, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.63% to settle at 128.05 and NTPC Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.22% to close at 116.55.

The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:) which was down 4.88% to 48.70 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which lost 2.23% to settle at 447.15 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.94% to 1515.95 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 844 to 722 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1268 rose and 1139 declined, while 154 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.32% to 11.1225 a new 52-week low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.26% or 3.95 to $1508.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.21% or 0.13 to hit $61.24 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.21 to trade at $67.41 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.07% to 71.317, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 79.0660.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.270.

Disclaimer: Fusion Media would like to remind you that the data contained in this website is not necessarily real-time nor accurate. All CFDs (stocks, indexes, futures) and Forex prices are not provided by exchanges but rather by market makers, and so prices may not be accurate and may differ from the actual market price, meaning prices are indicative and not appropriate for trading purposes. Therefore Fusion Media doesn`t bear any responsibility for any trading losses you might incur as a result of using this data.

Fusion Media or anyone involved with Fusion Media will not accept any liability for loss or damage as a result of reliance on the information including data, quotes, charts and buy/sell signals contained within this website. Please be fully informed regarding the risks and costs associated with trading the financial markets, it is one of the riskiest investment forms possible.