Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Metals, Banking and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.40%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 33.59% or 10.75 points to trade at 42.50 at the close. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 6.50% or 15.15 points to end at 251.55 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 7.50% or 37.05 points to 531.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which lost 4.66% or 7.05 points to trade at 144.40 in late trade. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) declined 3.45% or 6.70 points to end at 186.75 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) shed 4.01% or 7.60 points to 182.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 32.97% to 42.55, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was up 6.16% to settle at 122.45 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which gained 6.11% to close at 54.70.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 4.66% to 144.35 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 3.36% to settle at 339.60 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.94% to 1256.60 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 986 to 566 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1453 fell and 909 advanced, while 145 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.64% to 17.7025.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1507.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.38% or 0.20 to hit $52.44 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.25 to trade at $57.44 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.32% to 70.910, while EUR/INR fell 0.36% to 77.6710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 98.762.