Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Saturday, as losses in the Technology , Auto and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.86% to hit a new 6-months low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.90%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HDFC Bank Ltd (NSE: HDBK ), which rose 1.86% or 31.70 points to trade at 1,732.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Shriram Finance Ltd. (NSE: SHMF ) added 1.73% or 10.50 points to end at 617.30 and Coal India Ltd (NSE: COAL ) was up 1.51% or 5.50 points to 369.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NSE: TEML ), which fell 6.32% or 100.40 points to trade at 1,487.85 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NSE: WIPR ) declined 5.72% or 16.85 points to end at 277.65 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NSE: INBK ) was down 5.41% or 56.60 points to 990.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO: HDBK ) which rose 1.86% to 1,731.10, Axis Bank Ltd. (BO: AXBK ) which was down 0.04% to settle at 1,015.85 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO: RELI ) which lost 0.62% to close at 1,199.60.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO: TEML ) which was down 6.19% to 1,488.90 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO: INBK ) which lost 5.48% to settle at 988.95 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO: MAHM ) which was down 5.21% to 2,584.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 0 to 0; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced.
Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (BO: RELI ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.62% or 7.45 to 1,199.60.
The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.51% to 13.91.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.63% or 47.50 to $2,862.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.84% or 0.59 to hit $69.76 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.76 to trade at $72.81 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.16% to 87.47, while EUR/INR fell 0.06% to 90.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 107.56.