Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Consumer Durables and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.13%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which rose 4.87% or 201.20 points to trade at 4,328.50 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) added 2.38% or 4.35 points to end at 187.40 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 2.22% or 13.50 points to 621.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which lost 3.14% or 55.60 points to trade at 1,714.15 in late trade. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) declined 2.66% or 71.50 points to end at 2,618.50 and HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) shed 2.47% or 36.60 points to 1,442.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which rose 4.90% to 4,327.45, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was up 1.77% to settle at 6,345.70 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 1.75% to close at 1,568.85.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 3.09% to 1,713.40 in late trade, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which lost 2.63% to settle at 2,618.70 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 2.23% to 1,442.70 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1097 to 721 and 37 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1878 fell and 1401 advanced, while 117 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.30% to 23.93.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.41% or 7.85 to $1,945.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.09% or 0.10 to hit $114.83 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.23 to trade at $121.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.29% to 76.34, while EUR/INR fell 0.40% to 83.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 98.80.