Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Metals and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.19%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which rose 2.10% or 15.10 points to trade at 732.65 at the close. Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) added 1.92% or 60.60 points to end at 3,209.00 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) was up 1.79% or 2.10 points to 119.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which lost 5.05% or 30.30 points to trade at 569.50 in late trade. Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) declined 3.01% or 136.55 points to end at 4,402.05 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) shed 1.48% or 8.90 points to 591.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 1.95% to 808.60, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 1.66% to settle at 2,048.85 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 1.39% to close at 760.65.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.46% to 2,633.95 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 1.44% to settle at 592.00 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 1.04% to 4,305.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1060 to 769 and 26 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1839 fell and 1445 advanced, while 105 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.24% to 20.56 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.46% or 8.80 to $1,924.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 6.09% or 6.57 to hit $101.25 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 5.36% or 5.97 to trade at $105.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.17% to 75.71, while EUR/INR fell 0.70% to 83.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 98.31.