Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Metals and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.17% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which rose 4.45% or 7.35 points to trade at 171.45 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 3.52% or 18.25 points to end at 536.65 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 3.29% or 12.50 points to 391.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which lost 4.79% or 7.25 points to trade at 144.30 in late trade. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) declined 4.18% or 295.30 points to end at 6782.30 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) shed 4.30% or 136.55 points to 3046.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 3.82% to 171.35, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 2.69% to settle at 437.15 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 2.26% to close at 1392.20.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 4.56% to 144.35 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 3.95% to settle at 3046.40 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 3.39% to 69.75 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 907 to 665 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1306 fell and 1023 advanced, while 157 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.98% to 12.6350.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.21% or 3.05 to $1426.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.13% or 0.63 to hit $56.51 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.16% or 0.73 to trade at $63.91 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.06% to 69.013, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 76.8950.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.393.