India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 2.12%

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

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 2.12%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 2.10%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL ), which rose 1.15% or 11.80 points to trade at 1,039.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI ) added 0.12% or 6.50 points to end at 5,430.30 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC ) was up 0.03% or 0.10 points to 292.05 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL ), which fell 5.27% or 19.40 points to trade at 348.85 at the close. Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:SHMF ) declined 4.51% or 160.90 points to end at 3,409.50 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART ) was down 4.27% or 155.85 points to 3,497.65.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL ) which rose 1.13% to 1,039.35, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC ) which was unchanged 0.00% to settle at 167.00 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN ) which lost 0.35% to close at 1,912.75.

The worst performers were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART ) which was down 3.95% to 3,507.10 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI ) which lost 3.93% to settle at 2,814.80 and Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK ) which was down 3.87% to 1,178.50 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 2081 to 413 and 102 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2727 fell and 1078 advanced, while 88 ended unchanged.

Shares in JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL ) rose to all time highs; up 1.15% or 11.80 to 1,039.10. Shares in JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL ) rose to all time highs; rising 1.13% or 11.65 to 1,039.35.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 9.43% to 13.12.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.11% or 2.85 to $2,666.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.20% or 1.54 to hit $71.64 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.02% or 1.49 to trade at $75.39 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.04% to 83.97, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 92.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 101.67.

Source: Investing.com