Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Power and Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.51%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 2.93% or 38.00 points to trade at 1,337.00 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 2.36% or 31.25 points to end at 1,358.00 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was up 2.01% or 26.00 points to 1,320.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM), which lost 10.73% or 673.60 points to trade at 5,602.00 in late trade. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) declined 3.14% or 9.70 points to end at 299.60 and HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) shed 3.04% or 46.80 points to 1,490.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 2.80% to 1,335.65, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 2.16% to settle at 1,355.40 and Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 1.29% to close at 1,097.45.
The worst performers were LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which was down 10.76% to 5,602.30 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 3.26% to settle at 1,486.80 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 3.23% to 299.35 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1062 to 1062 and 38 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1838 fell and 1834 advanced, while 101 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.70% to 14.07.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.38% or 7.55 to $2,014.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.65% or 0.47 to hit $72.95 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.32 to trade at $78.20 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 83.13, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 90.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 103.06.