Wednesday 30 December 2015

India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.41%

India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Oil&Gas sectors led shares lower.At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.41%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.46%.The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which rose 2.85% or 11.85 points to trade at 428.20 at the close. Meanwhile, TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC) added 1.33% or 3.40 points to end at 258.70 and Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML) was up 1.19% or 6.20 points to 525.15 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were Punjab National Bank (NS:PNBK), which fell 1.83% or 2.20 points to trade at 117.80 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 1.67% or 18.40 points to end at 1086.30 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was down 1.64% or 14.00 points to 840.50.The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which rose 1.18% to 258.15, Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which was up 0.82% to settle at 67.70 and Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which gained 0.68% to close at 393.50.The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.60% to 1086.05 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 1.37% to settle at 2418.40 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.18% to 225.80 at the close.Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 756 to 714 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 400 fell and 381 advanced, while 20 ended unchanged.Shares in Punjab National Bank (NS:PNBK) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.83% or 2.20 to 117.80.The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.81% to 14.3500.Gold for February delivery was down 0.17% or 1.80 to $1066.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.55% or 0.96 to hit $36.91 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.85% or 0.70 to trade at $37.09 a barrel.USD/INR was up 0.19% to 66.380, while EUR/INR rose 0.26% to 72.5330.The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 98.31.

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