Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Metals, Public Sector Undertakings and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.21%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which rose 6.18% or 17.40 points to trade at 300.05 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 2.01% or 41.70 points to end at 2121.30 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) was up 1.58% or 3.85 points to 246.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which lost 3.52% or 9.15 points to trade at 251.45 in late trade. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) declined 3.38% or 6.85 points to end at 196.40 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) shed 2.65% or 12.25 points to 447.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 2.04% to 2121.50, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 1.54% to settle at 246.90 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 1.28% to close at 1301.65.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 2.96% to 447.20 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.31% to settle at 399.65 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.21% to 1509.85 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 882 to 663 and 81 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1295 fell and 1076 advanced, while 177 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 7.37% to 14.3050 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.08% or 1.15 to $1479.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $58.46 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.24 to trade at $63.24 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.14% to 71.370, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 79.1890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 97.475.