Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.26%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which rose 11.73% or 36.00 points to trade at 345.15 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) added 2.09% or 450.20 points to end at 21954.60 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) was up 1.39% or 5.10 points to 372.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which lost 5.97% or 32.50 points to trade at 514.10 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 3.25% or 12.95 points to end at 385.10 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) shed 3.37% or 6.85 points to 196.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 1.15% to 2049.50, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 0.89% to settle at 1393.00 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which gained 0.82% to close at 3188.55.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 3.35% to 385.20 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 2.52% to settle at 426.25 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 2.43% to 64.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 923 to 626 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1382 fell and 1048 advanced, while 189 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.22% to 14.9750 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 5.35 to $1468.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.19% or 0.11 to hit $56.90 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.16 to trade at $62.24 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.07% to 71.790, while EUR/INR rose 0.15% to 79.5540.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 97.730.