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

Published 2021-11-30, 05:45 a/m
© Reuters India shares lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.41%
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Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals, Auto and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.41% to hit a new 3-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.34%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which rose 3.12% or 6.25 points to trade at 206.50 at the close. Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) added 3.07% or 783.85 points to end at 26349.95 and Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) was up 2.35% or 18.00 points to 784.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which lost 4.01% or 44.75 points to trade at 1070.00 in late trade. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) declined 3.10% or 62.60 points to end at 1957.00 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) shed 2.81% or 17.60 points to 608.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which rose 3.43% to 206.80, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 2.18% to settle at 2374.90 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 1.98% to close at 17224.00.

The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 3.87% to 1071.60 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 2.87% to settle at 1962.15 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 1.72% to 3243.15 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 982 to 787 and 48 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1732 rose and 1420 declined, while 149 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.62% to 21.1675 a new 6-month high.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.79% or 14.05 to $1799.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.22% or 2.25 to hit $67.70 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 3.29% or 2.41 to trade at $70.81 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.22% to 75.195, while EUR/INR rose 0.92% to 85.4855.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.68% at 95.680.

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