Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Power, Metals and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.48%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 1.69% or 111.60 points to trade at 6699.00 at the close. Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) added 1.38% or 41.60 points to end at 3060.30 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 1.33% or 43.40 points to 3317.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which lost 8.46% or 59.80 points to trade at 646.90 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 3.36% or 38.40 points to end at 1103.75 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) shed 2.92% or 29.65 points to 984.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 1.86% to 6708.15, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 1.37% to settle at 3060.35 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 1.34% to close at 3320.10.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.91% to 984.25 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 2.17% to settle at 5288.30 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 2.13% to 117.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1099 to 602 and 34 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1732 fell and 1327 advanced, while 144 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.84% to 15.2875.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 3.42% or 63.65 to $1797.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $72.02 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.17 to trade at $74.22 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 1.30% to 74.225, while EUR/INR rose 0.76% to 88.5495.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 91.810.