Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Real Estate and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.36%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which rose 4.19% or 209.75 points to trade at 5,218.75 at the close. Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) added 2.73% or 95.10 points to end at 3,581.05 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was up 2.22% or 104.45 points to 4,803.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which lost 3.02% or 88.55 points to trade at 2,843.05 in late trade. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) declined 1.98% or 26.15 points to end at 1,297.10 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) shed 1.89% or 7.50 points to 388.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which rose 2.48% to 4,810.70, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 1.12% to settle at 22,980.00 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 1.01% to close at 1,392.75.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.93% to 388.95 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 1.81% to settle at 1,299.45 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.80% to 566.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1093 to 861 and 59 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1719 fell and 1677 advanced, while 138 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.74% to 11.08 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.16% or 22.80 to $1,946.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.95% or 0.65 to hit $68.92 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.72 to trade at $73.92 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.15% to 82.18, while EUR/INR rose 0.36% to 89.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 102.67.