Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Metals and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.07%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which rose 11.09% or 21.75 points to trade at 217.80 at the close. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) added 7.02% or 47.65 points to end at 726.10 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 5.69% or 63.85 points to 1185.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which lost 2.17% or 4.25 points to trade at 191.95 in late trade. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) declined 2.03% or 7.95 points to end at 384.45 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) shed 1.99% or 10.95 points to 539.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which rose 5.63% to 1184.90, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 3.16% to settle at 758.25 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 2.23% to close at 16351.15.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 2.42% to 382.75 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 1.95% to settle at 539.70 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.65% to 178.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 905 to 688 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1444 rose and 1175 declined, while 173 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.85% to 20.5025.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.40% or 7.75 to $1936.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.71% or 0.71 to hit $40.80 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.55% or 0.69 to trade at $43.74 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.37% to 73.538, while EUR/INR rose 0.07% to 86.9035.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 92.975.