India stocks were lower after the close on Saturday, as losses in the Auto, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.51% to hit a new 6-months low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.56%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NSE:HALC), which rose 2.31% or 14.75 points to trade at 653.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Steel Ltd (NSE:TISC) added 1.97% or 2.72 points to end at 140.76 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NSE:SBIL) was up 1.74% or 25.60 points to 1,495.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NSE:MAHM), which fell 5.99% or 170.10 points to trade at 2,669.35 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) declined 2.82% or 7.30 points to end at 251.30 and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NSE:APSE) was down 2.56% or 28.45 points to 1,083.25.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 1.88% to 140.60, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 1.20% to settle at 3,314.60 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which gained 0.75% to close at 1,700.85.

The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 6.07% to 2,667.80 in late trade, Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which lost 2.57% to settle at 1,082.95 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 2.46% to 672.90 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1 to 1; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced.

Shares in Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.46% or 17.00 to 672.90.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.02% to 14.53.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.10% or 2.90 to $2,953.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 3.12% or 2.26 to hit $70.22 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.68% or 2.05 to trade at $74.43 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.01% to 86.57, while EUR/INR fell 0.39% to 90.54.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 106.52.