India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.28% By Investing.com

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 lost 0.28%, while the index fell 0.50%.

The best performers of the session on the were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:), which rose 2.14% or 57.85 points to trade at 2,767.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:) added 2.12% or 75.15 points to end at 3,628.00 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:) was up 2.01% or 21.45 points to 1,088.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:), which fell 7.17% or 470.95 points to trade at 6,100.05 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:) declined 5.10% or 79.00 points to end at 1,468.85 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:) was down 2.22% or 19.95 points to 879.15.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:) which rose 1.91% to 333.35, NTPC Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.77% to settle at 169.50 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:) which gained 1.75% to close at 2,581.30.

The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:) which was down 7.21% to 6,099.85 in late trade, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:) which lost 5.10% to settle at 1,468.55 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:) which was down 2.22% to 879.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1014 to 880 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1707 fell and 1634 advanced, while 148 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.41% to 14.98.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.19% or 3.45 to $1,855.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.62% or 1.91 to hit $74.75 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.49% or 1.94 to trade at $79.78 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.18% to 82.49, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 87.58.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 103.99.