Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Metals and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.05%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE), which rose 3.01% or 10.20 points to trade at 349.20 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) added 2.66% or 28.35 points to end at 1095.35 and Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) was up 2.63% or 9.65 points to 376.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (NS:IOC), which lost 3.63% or 15.60 points to trade at 413.85 in late trade. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) declined 1.95% or 6.35 points to end at 320.10 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) shed 1.72% or 3.45 points to 197.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which rose 3.20% to 349.80, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 2.68% to settle at 1095.40 and Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which gained 1.82% to close at 1791.85.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 1.92% to 320.05 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 1.81% to settle at 173.85 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 1.77% to 408.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 868 to 689 and 1 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1386 rose and 1225 declined, while 161 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.87% to 11.3075.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.44% or 5.66 to $1266.34 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.23% or 0.11 to hit $48.43 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $50.76 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 64.484, while EUR/INR fell 0.20% to 72.3915.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 97.10.