Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Public Sector Undertakings and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the IT, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK), which rose 6.30% or 15.00 points to trade at 253.05 at the close. Punjab National Bank (NS:PNBK) added 5.10% or 4.30 points to end at 88.60 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 3.76% or 7.05 points to 194.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wipro Ltd . (NS:WIPR), which lost 7.05% or 42.40 points to trade at 558.85 in late trade. Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) declined 3.75% or 14.500 points to end at 371.850 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL) shed 3.05% or 4.05 points to 128.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which rose 6.26% to 253.05, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 3.68% to settle at 194.20 and Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which gained 2.89% to close at 286.70.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was down 7.01% to 559.20 in late trade, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which lost 2.86% to settle at 129.05 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was down 1.72% to 2988.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 883 to 561 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 501 fell and 318 advanced, while 30 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.29% to 16.5125.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.56% or 7.00 to $1261.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.27% or 0.12 to hit $44.30 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.17 to trade at $45.97 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.14% to 66.335, while EUR/INR rose 0.32% to 74.9920.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 94.46.