Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Capital Goods, Green Energy and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.72%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which rose 1.93% or 2.85 points to trade at 150.70 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 2.50% or 3.15 points to end at 128.00 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 0.95% or 39.50 points to 4187.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 4.39% or 2.25 points to trade at 48.65 in late trade. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 1.99% or 9.10 points to end at 447.55 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) shed 1.98% or 30.65 points to 1515.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 1.79% to 150.65, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 1.63% to settle at 128.05 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.22% to close at 116.55.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 4.88% to 48.70 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 2.23% to settle at 447.15 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.94% to 1515.95 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 844 to 722 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1268 rose and 1139 declined, while 154 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.32% to 11.1225 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.26% or 3.95 to $1508.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.25% or 0.15 to hit $61.26 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.22 to trade at $67.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.07% to 71.317, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 79.0625.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.268.