Title: India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.33%

Nov 03, 2021 06:45AM ET

By: AnalysisWatch

India stocks were lower after the nearby on Wednesday, as misfortunes in the Banking, Auto and Consumer Durables areas drove shares lower.

On the NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.33%, while the BSE Sensex 30 fell 0.43%.

Larsen and Toubro Ltd (NS: LART) was the best performer on the Nifty 50, rising 4.07% or 73.85 points to trade at 1889.50 at the closeting the interim, Grasim Industries Ltd (NS: GRAS) added 2.38% or 41.50 focus points to end at 1785.55 and UPL Ltd (NS: UPLL) was up 2.33% or 16.75 focus points to 737.05 in late exchange.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS: SUN) was the most noticeably bad performer of the meeting, falling 3.37% or 27.45 points to trade at 787.95 at the time. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS: INBK) declined 2.85% or 34.60 focuses to end at 1177.95 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS: BRTI) was down 2.08% or 14.85 focuses to 699.10.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Larsen and Toubro Ltd (BO: LART), which gained 3.99% to 1888.65, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO: ULTC), which gained 2.22% to 7880.95, and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO: ASPN), which gained 1.84% to 3162.95.

Falling stocks dwarfed propelling ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 950 to 782 and 54 finished unaltered; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1595 fell and 1524 progressed, while 150 finished unaltered.

Larsen and Toubro Ltd (NS: LART) shares reached an all-time high, rising 4.07% or 73.85 cents to 1889.50 cents. Larsen and Toubro Ltd (BO: LART) shares reached a new high, rising 3.99%, or 72.45 points, to 1888.65.

The India VIX, which estimates the suggested unpredictability of Nifty 50 choices, was down 5.49% to 16.1250.