Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.21%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which rose 3.11% or 112.30 points to trade at 3,720.00 at the close. LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM) added 1.44% or 87.40 points to end at 6,158.60 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was up 1.16% or 6.00 points to 525.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which lost 1.46% or 24.20 points to trade at 1,627.70 in late trade. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) declined 1.29% or 6.50 points to end at 497.15 and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) shed 1.28% or 87.20 points to 6,700.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which rose 2.78% to 3,709.45, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was up 1.10% to settle at 524.85 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 0.97% to close at 511.55.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.25% to 2,991.95 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 1.09% to settle at 1,545.05 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 1.05% to 1,068.95 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1455 to 1002 and 18 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2177 rose and 1600 declined, while 98 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.10% to 14.22.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.82% or 20.60 to $2,546.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.30% or 0.21 to hit $69.41 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.33 to trade at $73.03 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 83.98, while EUR/INR rose 0.12% to 93.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 101.14.