India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.64% 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 0.64%, while the index lost 0.68%.

The best performers of the session on the were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:), which rose 3.16% or 30.10 points to trade at 982.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:) added 1.30% or 12.45 points to end at 968.00 and Coal India Ltd (NS:) was up 0.86% or 2.00 points to 234.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Wipro Ltd (NS:), which fell 7.07% or 28.85 points to trade at 379.10 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:) declined 2.38% or 19.15 points to end at 784.75 and State Bank Of India (NS:) was down 2.31% or 12.35 points to 521.45.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:) which rose 3.19% to 982.05, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:) which was up 1.36% to settle at 968.50 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:) which gained 0.37% to close at 2,383.85.

The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:) which was down 7.03% to 379.10 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:) which lost 2.36% to settle at 521.35 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.85% to 1,876.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1245 to 580 and 58 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2030 fell and 1247 advanced, while 126 ended unchanged.

Shares in Wipro Ltd (NS:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.07% or 28.85 to 379.10. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.30% or 12.45 to 968.00. Shares in Wipro Ltd (BO:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.03% or 28.65 to 379.10. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.36% or 12.95 to 968.50.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.57% to 20.29.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 3.50 to $1,681.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.02% or 0.02 to hit $87.29 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.11 to trade at $92.56 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.14% to 82.28, while EUR/INR rose 0.35% to 80.01.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 112.96.