Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Carbon and Green Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.84%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 6.87% or 6.50 points to trade at 101.15 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 3.33% or 2.65 points to end at 82.20 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was up 2.59% or 4.60 points to 181.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which lost 2.64% or 3.30 points to trade at 121.85 in late trade. Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) declined 2.28% or 41.75 points to end at 1786.20 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) shed 2.16% or 9.60 points to 434.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 6.71% to 101.00, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 3.14% to settle at 82.00 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 2.11% to close at 181.10.
The worst performers were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 2.31% to 1786.00 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 1.99% to settle at 435.25 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.98% to 525.50 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 953 to 663 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1512 rose and 1096 declined, while 142 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.31% to 20.6175.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.91% or 37.70 to $1932.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.04% or 0.45 to hit $42.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.48 to trade at $44.89 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.35% to 75.109, while EUR/INR rose 0.33% to 88.8760.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.023.