Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Saturday, as losses in the Capital Goods , Power and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.44%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.26%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Britannia Industries Ltd (NSE: BRIT ), which rose 1.04% or 50.95 points to trade at 4,939.65 at the close. Meanwhile, ICICI Bank Ltd (NSE: ICBK ) added 0.90% or 11.20 points to end at 1,260.10 and Nestle India Ltd (NSE: NEST ) was up 0.84% or 18.30 points to 2,195.85 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NSE: APSE ), which fell 4.39% or 48.85 points to trade at 1,062.70 at the close. Bharat Electronics Ltd (NSE: BAJE ) declined 4.28% or 11.20 points to end at 250.35 and Adani Enterprises Ltd (NSE: ADEL ) was down 4.10% or 92.05 points to 2,152.65.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO: ICBK ) which rose 0.80% to 1,258.45, Nestle India Ltd (BO: NEST ) which was up 0.77% to settle at 2,194.10 and Infosys Ltd (BO: INFY ) which gained 0.71% to close at 1,856.30.

The worst performers were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO: APSE ) which was down 4.20% to 1,062.90 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO: ULTC ) which lost 2.47% to settle at 11,257.60 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO: SUN ) which was down 2.40% to 1,704.65 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.

Shares in Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NSE: APSE ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.39% or 48.85 to 1,062.70. Shares in Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO: APSE ) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.20% or 46.55 to 1,062.90.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.40% to 15.02.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.52% or 44.70 to $2,900.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.77% or 0.55 to hit $70.74 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.28 to trade at $74.74 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.08% to 86.62, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 90.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 106.58.