Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Metals, Banking and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.72%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 5.47% or 240.35 points to trade at 4619.00 at the close. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) added 4.82% or 42.45 points to end at 924.80 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 2.52% or 8.80 points to 358.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which lost 9.62% or 29.00 points to trade at 270.70 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 2.71% or 14.25 points to end at 510.75 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) shed 2.55% or 4.45 points to 170.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 2.08% to 331.25, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 0.54% to settle at 2197.20 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which gained 0.41% to close at 3088.80.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 2.89% to 510.10 in late trade, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which lost 2.26% to settle at 170.90 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 2.23% to 6868.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 912 to 661 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1344 fell and 1072 advanced, while 147 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.02% to 23.2325.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1279.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.33% or 0.22 to hit $66.11 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.65 to trade at $75.22 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.22% to 70.243, while EUR/INR rose 0.21% to 78.1705.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 97.963.