Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Auto and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.36%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN), which rose 2.14% or 16.45 points to trade at 786.00 at the close. Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) added 1.56% or 61.55 points to end at 4,018.15 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) was up 1.30% or 25.95 points to 2,029.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which lost 2.36% or 62.30 points to trade at 2,582.00 in late trade. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 2.13% or 27.35 points to end at 1,259.35 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) shed 1.95% or 8.40 points to 423.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which rose 1.25% to 2,028.30, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 0.63% to settle at 919.40 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 0.59% to close at 845.90.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 2.21% to 2,584.90 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 2.16% to settle at 1,258.25 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.63% to 8,985.85 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1149 to 715 and 77 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1913 fell and 1474 advanced, while 104 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.47% to 14.88.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.53% or 9.50 to $1,766.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.69% or 0.59 to hit $85.00 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.40 to trade at $92.46 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.21% to 81.65, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 84.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 106.54.