Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.25%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 4.21% or 62.60 points to trade at 1,550.00 at the close. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) added 3.70% or 189.05 points to end at 5,300.00 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 2.03% or 6.45 points to 323.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which lost 1.77% or 39.95 points to trade at 2,220.00 in late trade. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) declined 1.57% or 39.55 points to end at 2,479.80 and Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) shed 1.46% or 13.35 points to 902.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 4.09% to 1,548.15, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 1.67% to settle at 210.35 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 1.31% to close at 1,508.00.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.56% to 2,478.00 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 1.49% to settle at 1,122.20 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.22% to 1,375.15 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1209 to 859 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1977 fell and 1592 advanced, while 124 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.50% to 10.98.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 6.95 to $1,950.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.92% or 0.69 to hit $76.02 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.78 to trade at $80.32 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.03% to 83.29, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 89.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 105.52.