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India shares lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 1.22%

Published 01/09/2022, 11:45
© Reuters India shares lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 1.22%
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Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, IT and Metals sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.22%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.29%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN), which rose 3.55% or 28.75 points to trade at 838.40 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) added 2.62% or 444.25 points to end at 17,406.40 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was up 1.62% or 54.95 points to 3,446.55 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which lost 3.88% or 17.05 points to trade at 421.95 in late trade. Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) declined 2.94% or 77.55 points to end at 2,560.40 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) shed 2.81% or 3.90 points to 134.70.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 2.58% to 17,404.00, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 1.63% to settle at 3,446.90 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 1.18% to close at 735.05.

The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 2.99% to 2,560.20 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 2.49% to settle at 3,131.55 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 2.42% to 871.65 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1005 to 830 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1889 rose and 1398 declined, while 150 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.27% to 19.87.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.84% or 14.55 to $1,711.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.48% or 2.22 to hit $87.33 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.50% or 2.39 to trade at $93.25 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.13% to 79.63, while EUR/INR fell 0.28% to 79.72.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 109.10.

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