Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Saturday, as losses in the Real Estate , Auto and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.33%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.27%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Electronics Ltd (NSE: BAJE ), which rose 1.17% or 3.24 points to trade at 280.07 at the close. Meanwhile, State Bank Of India (NSE: SBI ) added 0.66% or 4.80 points to end at 727.85 and NTPC Ltd (NSE: NTPC ) was up 0.53% or 1.75 points to 331.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shriram Finance Ltd. (NSE: SHMF ), which fell 2.73% or 17.40 points to trade at 619.55 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NSE: HROM ) declined 2.25% or 81.10 points to end at 3,529.15 and Tata Motors Ltd (NSE: TAMO ) was down 1.92% or 12.80 points to 655.50.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO: SBI ) which rose 0.67% to 727.75, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO: ICBK ) which was up 0.62% to settle at 1,250.25 and NTPC Ltd (BO: NTPC ) which gained 0.48% to close at 331.70.

The worst performers were Zomato Ltd (BO: ZOMT ) which was down 1.97% to 201.40 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO: TAMO ) which lost 1.95% to settle at 655.40 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO: INBK ) which was down 1.84% to 672.10 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.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.01% to 13.28 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.33% or 9.80 to $3,001.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.95% or 0.63 to hit $67.18 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.70 to trade at $70.58 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.05% to 86.94, while EUR/INR rose 0.30% to 94.58.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 103.71.