India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.77%

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 declined 0.77%, while the index lost 0.69%.

The best performers of the session on the were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:), which rose 1.62% or 50.15 points to trade at 3142.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:) added 0.85% or 4.50 points to end at 531.10 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:) was up 0.83% or 1.60 points to 194.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:), which fell 5.10% or 2.10 points to trade at 39.10 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:) declined 2.76% or 272.60 points to end at 9621.65 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:) was down 2.49% or 36.85 points to 1443.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:) which rose 1.48% to 3137.25, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:) which was up 0.91% to settle at 194.10 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:) which gained 0.91% to close at 531.25.

The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:) which was down 2.51% to 1442.50 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:) which lost 2.13% to settle at 1231.40 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.86% to 4483.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1116 to 427 and 80 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1556 fell and 769 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.82% to 16.7975.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.50% or 7.85 to $1578.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.76% or 0.94 to hit $52.39 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.92% or 1.13 to trade at $57.78 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.29% to 71.505, while EUR/INR rose 0.32% to 78.7485.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 97.885.

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