India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.76%

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At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.76%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.82%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which rose 4.26% or 197.10 points to trade at 4825.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 2.36% or 5.10 points to end at 220.95 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 2.16% or 17.05 points to 806.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which fell 4.35% or 8.00 points to trade at 175.80 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) declined 2.44% or 3.70 points to end at 147.75 and Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) was down 2.34% or 477.85 points to 19910.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 2.10% to 805.95, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.09% to settle at 1012.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 0.77% to close at 7109.00.

The worst performers were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 2.22% to 6007.00 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 1.92% to settle at 168.60 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 1.70% to 906.30 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1011 to 602 and 79 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1519 fell and 1109 advanced, while 159 ended unchanged.

Shares in Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) rose to all time highs; rising 4.26% or 197.10 to 4825.00. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) rose to all time highs; rising 2.16% or 17.05 to 806.30. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.10% or 16.60 to 805.95. Shares in Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) rose to 3-years highs; up 1.09% or 10.95 to 1012.00.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.24% to 20.1000.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.10% or 21.65 to $1948.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $40.16 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.02 to trade at $42.24 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.12% to 73.617, while EUR/INR fell 0.06% to 86.8195.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.237.