Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Banking and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.97%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which rose 3.60% or 24.30 points to trade at 699.55 at the close. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) added 3.08% or 8.25 points to end at 276.20 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 3.06% or 18.45 points to 620.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which lost 3.99% or 202.70 points to trade at 4,875.55 in late trade. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) declined 3.99% or 17.25 points to end at 414.55 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) shed 3.51% or 62.90 points to 1,729.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 3.55% to 699.50, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 3.00% to settle at 276.00 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 1.29% to close at 4,135.95.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 3.98% to 414.70 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 3.49% to settle at 1,730.85 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 3.03% to 992.75 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1331 to 827 and 28 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2085 fell and 1608 advanced, while 100 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.08% to 15.83.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.07% or 1.50 to $2,053.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.50% or 0.37 to hit $74.23 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.47 to trade at $79.68 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.10% to 82.97, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 89.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 103.92.