Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.28%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 1.27% or 84.95 points to trade at 6,790.00 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) added 0.96% or 18.25 points to end at 1,927.40 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was up 0.90% or 7.10 points to 799.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which lost 3.50% or 114.50 points to trade at 3,153.50 in late trade. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 2.87% or 19.65 points to end at 664.95 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) shed 2.06% or 12.10 points to 574.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 1.22% to 6,790.05, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 1.03% to settle at 1,928.80 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 0.94% to close at 799.70.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.11% to 574.15 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which lost 1.87% to settle at 419.65 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 1.51% to 2,720.65 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1109 to 812 and 60 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1845 fell and 1521 advanced, while 119 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.37% to 12.80.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.26% or 5.25 to $1,979.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.29% or 0.21 to hit $72.62 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.23 to trade at $76.73 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 82.57, while EUR/INR fell 0.08% to 89.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 103.01.