© Reuters. India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.78%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 0.78%, while the index fell 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the were Wipro Ltd (NS:), which rose 3.14% or 8.15 points to trade at 269.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:) added 2.24% or 51.30 points to end at 2345.15 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:) was up 2.12% or 7.50 points to 360.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:), which fell 12.70% or 12.50 points to trade at 85.80 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:) declined 4.40% or 6.60 points to end at 143.40 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:) was down 4.11% or 6.90 points to 160.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:) which rose 2.26% to 2338.00, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:) which was up 0.31% to settle at 1537.60 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:) which gained 0.26% to close at 2403.90.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:) which was down 12.85% to 85.80 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:) which lost 4.24% to settle at 76.85 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:) which was down 4.24% to 143.50 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1217 to 352 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1685 fell and 709 advanced, while 135 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yes Bank Ltd (NS:) fell to 5-year lows; down 12.70% or 12.50 to 85.80. Shares in Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.24% or 51.30 to 2345.15. Shares in Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:) rose to all time highs; up 2.26% or 51.70 to 2338.00. Shares in Yes Bank Ltd (BO:) fell to 5-year lows; falling 12.85% or 12.65 to 85.80. Shares in Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:) rose to all time highs; rising 0.31% or 4.70 to 1537.60.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.42% to 11.7500.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.17% or 2.45 to $1420.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.74% or 0.42 to hit $57.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.57 to trade at $64.23 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.17% to 68.947, while EUR/INR rose 0.05% to 77.2865.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.915.
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