Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, IT and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.47%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which rose 5.23% or 377.15 points to trade at 7,590.00 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 2.71% or 30.40 points to end at 1,151.00 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 2.04% or 7.80 points to 390.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which lost 5.89% or 82.95 points to trade at 1,325.00 in late trade. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 3.00% or 42.55 points to end at 1,374.80 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) shed 2.53% or 30.15 points to 1,159.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 1.78% to 314.65, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 1.00% to settle at 1,505.45 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 0.94% to close at 1,008.55.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 6.02% to 1,323.00 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 2.54% to settle at 1,160.25 and LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which was down 2.14% to 5,501.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1220 to 894 and 48 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2089 rose and 1592 declined, while 83 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.55% to 13.86.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.11% or 2.15 to $2,018.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.50% or 1.13 to hit $76.22 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 1.08 to trade at $81.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 83.11, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 90.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 102.97.