Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, IT and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.89%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL), which rose 4.70% or 5.35 points to trade at 119.25 at the close. Coal India Limited (NS:COAL) added 2.05% or 5.65 points to end at 281.25 and Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) was up 1.66% or 24.65 points to 1509.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Power Co. Ltd (NS:TTPW), which lost 3.91% or 2.60 points to trade at 63.90 in late trade. Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) declined 3.37% or 7.55 points to end at 216.80 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) shed 2.86% or 102.05 points to 3471.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which rose 4.65% to 119.30, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was up 1.94% to settle at 281.10 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 1.05% to close at 3031.40.
The worst performers were Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which was down 3.83% to 64.10 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 2.81% to settle at 3471.35 and Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which was down 2.58% to 1072.65 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 860 to 541 and 67 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 509 fell and 315 advanced, while 12 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.36% to 16.9350.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.10% or 13.50 to $1237.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.05% or 0.02 to hit $37.73 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.01 to trade at $39.85 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.08% to 66.570, while EUR/INR fell 0.10% to 75.7560.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 94.47.