Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.59% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which rose 2.24% or 193.60 points to trade at 8,835.85 at the close. Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) added 1.63% or 36.15 points to end at 2,256.05 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was up 1.43% or 34.40 points to 2,435.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:SHMF), which lost 3.07% or 88.90 points to trade at 2,809.85 in late trade. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 3.00% or 8.15 points to end at 263.18 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) shed 2.37% or 6.80 points to 280.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which rose 1.87% to 2,260.55, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 1.55% to settle at 2,436.70 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 1.40% to close at 3,128.00.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.96% to 130.00 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 1.71% to settle at 292.40 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.64% to 320.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1709 to 510 and 168 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2599 fell and 1164 advanced, while 104 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.74% to 14.57.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.36% or 9.69 to $2,682.09 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $73.34 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.07 to trade at $76.23 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.06% to 85.87, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 88.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 108.96.