India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.20%
2022.05.02 13:56
India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.20%
Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, IT and Auto sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.20%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 4.04% or 39.55 points to trade at 1,018.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) added 2.63% or 4.80 points to end at 187.65 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was up 2.11% or 4.80 points to 232.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which fell 3.36% or 149.60 points to trade at 4,304.75 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) declined 2.96% or 77.85 points to end at 2,552.50 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was down 2.91% or 71.65 points to 2,386.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 4.17% to 1,019.00, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 2.54% to settle at 157.50 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 2.20% to close at 232.60.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 2.95% to 2,386.60 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 2.74% to settle at 495.05 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 2.01% to 1,231.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1260 to 585 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2152 fell and 1205 advanced, while 179 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.47% to 20.28.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.70% or 32.55 to $1,879.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.91% or 3.05 to hit $101.64 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.40% or 2.57 to trade at $104.57 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 76.50, while EUR/INR fell 0.19% to 80.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 103.39.
