India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.92%
2022.06.07 13:58
India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.92%
Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Real Estate and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.92%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which rose 5.13% or 7.90 points to trade at 161.85 at the close. Meanwhile, NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) added 1.48% or 2.30 points to end at 157.50 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 1.39% or 2.70 points to 197.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which fell 4.45% or 97.75 points to trade at 2,100.80 at the close. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) declined 4.21% or 32.80 points to end at 746.20 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was down 3.76% or 161.80 points to 4,143.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 1.35% to 157.25, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 1.30% to settle at 7,811.25 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 0.50% to close at 1,041.60.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 4.48% to 2,100.70 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 3.87% to settle at 4,142.15 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 3.00% to 1,589.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1195 to 628 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1920 fell and 1263 advanced, while 120 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.10% to 20.42.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.45% or 8.30 to $1,852.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.08% or 0.09 to hit $118.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.20 to trade at $119.31 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 77.77, while EUR/INR fell 0.17% to 83.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 102.64.
