Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Capital Goods, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.61%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 3.33% or 2.70 points to trade at 83.80 at the close. Cairn India Limited (NS:CAIL) added 2.82% or 3.85 points to end at 140.60 and Housing Development Finance Corp. (NS:HDFC) was up 2.17% or 24.50 points to 1153.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which lost 3.05% or 36.00 points to trade at 1142.50 in late trade. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL) declined 3.02% or 3.25 points to end at 104.40 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) shed 2.88% or 29.95 points to 1011.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which rose 3.02% to 83.65, Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which was up 1.91% to settle at 1152.60 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 1.39% to close at 3627.15.
The worst performers were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was down 3.07% to 104.35 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 2.87% to settle at 1012.00 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 2.76% to 1145.95 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 812 to 599 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 448 fell and 349 advanced, while 37 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.23% to 17.8950.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.80% or 10.00 to $1247.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.07% or 0.41 to hit $37.88 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.36% or 0.56 to trade at $40.51 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 67.076, while EUR/INR fell 0.25% to 73.6750.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 97.28.