Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Consumer Durables and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL), which rose 4.58% or 7.85 points to trade at 179.10 at the close. Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ) added 1.93% or 4.60 points to end at 243.35 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 1.82% or 9.90 points to 553.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which lost 2.14% or 4.25 points to trade at 193.95 in late trade. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) declined 1.74% or 4.85 points to end at 274.10 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) shed 1.51% or 4.50 points to 292.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which rose 1.68% to 501.65, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 1.66% to settle at 1438.35 and Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which gained 1.46% to close at 2801.00.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 1.65% to 274.35 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which lost 1.40% to settle at 280.85 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.35% to 292.70 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 839 to 725 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1419 rose and 1383 declined, while 128 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.25% to 11.2900 a new all time low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.49% or 6.15 to $1254.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $51.24 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.13 to trade at $54.49 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.41% to 64.790, while EUR/INR fell 0.06% to 69.1284.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 100.48.