Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.06%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 8.48% or 15.95 points to trade at 204.05 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 4.92% or 10.85 points to end at 231.25 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) was up 3.39% or 19.75 points to 602.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which lost 3.80% or 40.10 points to trade at 1008.90 in late trade. Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) declined 3.77% or 33.40 points to end at 852.05 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) shed 3.18% or 80.85 points to 2461.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 8.35% to 203.75, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 3.51% to settle at 602.35 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 2.84% to close at 1464.95.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 2.90% to 666.35 in late trade, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which lost 1.90% to settle at 261.10 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.85% to 156.85 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1054 to 532 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1558 rose and 957 declined, while 122 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.06% to 19.1925.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.06% or 12.80 to $1225.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.81% or 0.53 to hit $64.78 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.59% or 1.20 to trade at $74.27 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.72% to 73.545, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 83.7355.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 96.43.