India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.18%

India stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.18%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NSE:SUN), which rose 3.34% or 62.10 points to trade at 1,922.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Steel Ltd (NSE:TISC) added 2.10% or 3.91 points to end at 190.21 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NSE:ONGC) was up 1.31% or 3.04 points to 234.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NSE:BRTI), which fell 0.86% or 18.10 points to trade at 2,089.10 at the close. SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NSE:SBIL) declined 0.79% or 14.10 points to end at 1,769.90 and Jio Financial Services Ltd (NSE:JIOF) was down 0.69% or 1.60 points to 229.60.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 2.96% to 1,915.10, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 1.88% to settle at 189.50 and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd (BO:TAMO) which gained 1.03% to close at 295.00.

The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 0.92% to 3,264.70 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 0.88% to settle at 902.00 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 0.73% to 1,172.00 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 2334 to 611 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 3021 rose and 879 declined, while 187 ended unchanged.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.01% to 18.52 a new 3-months high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.83% or 34.00 to $4,079.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.20% or 0.18 to hit $90.34 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.55% or 0.54 to trade at $97.75 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.37% to 94.13, while EUR/INR fell 1.29% to 104.64.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.74% at 102.18.