India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.21%

Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate , Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.21%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.18%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN ), which rose 3.11% or 112.30 points to trade at 3,720.00 at the close. Meanwhile, LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM ) added 1.44% or 87.40 points to end at 6,158.60 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR ) was up 1.16% or 6.00 points to 525.15 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL ), which fell 1.46% or 24.20 points to trade at 1,627.70 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL ) declined 1.29% or 6.50 points to end at 497.15 and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY ) was down 1.28% or 87.20 points to 6,700.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN ) which rose 2.78% to 3,709.45, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR ) which was up 1.10% to settle at 524.85 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC ) which gained 0.97% to close at 511.55.

The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI ) which was down 1.25% to 2,991.95 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI ) which lost 1.09% to settle at 1,545.05 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO ) which was down 1.05% to 1,068.95 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1455 to 1002 and 18 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2177 rose and 1600 declined, while 98 ended unchanged.

Shares in ITC Ltd (BO:ITC ) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.97% or 4.90 to 511.55.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.10% to 14.22.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.83% or 21.05 to $2,547.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.35% or 0.24 to hit $69.44 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.38 to trade at $73.08 a barrel.

USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 83.98, while EUR/INR rose 0.12% to 93.18.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 101.15.

Source: Investing.com