India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.27%
2022.06.14 13:52
India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.27%
Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Auto and Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.27% to hit a new 6-months low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 2.15% or 3.20 points to trade at 152.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 1.60% or 10.75 points to end at 682.05 and Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) was up 1.49% or 54.30 points to 3,706.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which fell 5.14% or 199.50 points to trade at 3,681.75 at the close. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) declined 2.46% or 21.25 points to end at 844.20 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was down 2.26% or 3.60 points to 155.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 1.63% to 682.15, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 1.61% to settle at 151.25 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which gained 1.42% to close at 5,432.15.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.12% to 845.85 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 2.08% to settle at 1,030.45 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.33% to 2,627.35 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1008 to 802 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1715 fell and 1487 advanced, while 134 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.08% or 21.90 to 1,030.45.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.14% to 21.89.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.47% or 8.65 to $1,823.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.77% or 0.93 to hit $121.86 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 1.05 to trade at $123.32 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.22% to 78.01, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 81.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 104.92.
