Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Auto, Metals and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.78%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which rose 3.14% or 8.15 points to trade at 269.10 at the close. Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) added 2.24% or 51.30 points to end at 2345.15 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 2.12% or 7.50 points to 360.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 12.70% or 12.50 points to trade at 85.80 in late trade. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 4.40% or 6.60 points to end at 143.40 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) shed 4.11% or 6.90 points to 160.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which rose 2.26% to 2338.00, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 0.31% to settle at 1537.60 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which gained 0.26% to close at 2403.90.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 12.85% to 85.80 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 4.24% to settle at 76.85 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 4.24% to 143.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1217 to 352 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1685 fell and 709 advanced, while 135 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.42% to 11.7500.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.17% or 2.45 to $1420.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.72% or 0.41 to hit $57.19 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.59 to trade at $64.25 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.17% to 68.947, while EUR/INR rose 0.05% to 77.2865.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 96.905.