Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Metals, Power and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.69%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which rose 4.23% or 18.55 points to trade at 458.85 at the close. Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 2.01% or 7.25 points to end at 368.15 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) was up 0.57% or 8.05 points to 1410.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which lost 2.99% or 23.00 points to trade at 746.10 in late trade. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) declined 2.37% or 3.35 points to end at 138.25 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) shed 2.52% or 21.75 points to 843.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which rose 1.73% to 367.15, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 0.49% to settle at 1409.35 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 0.30% to close at 152.20.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 3.02% to 745.75 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.28% to settle at 539.95 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 2.10% to 307.45 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 967 to 619 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1437 fell and 1075 advanced, while 147 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.02% to 19.1600.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1228.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.13% or 0.62 to hit $54.01 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.50 to trade at $62.98 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 70.965, while EUR/INR fell 0.17% to 81.0470.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 96.268.