Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.70%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which rose 2.77% or 248.80 points to trade at 9,216.00 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) added 2.63% or 93.20 points to end at 3,635.00 and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) was up 2.18% or 20.70 points to 968.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which lost 3.98% or 17.60 points to trade at 424.40 in late trade. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 2.89% or 42.60 points to end at 1,432.80 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) shed 2.84% or 31.70 points to 1,083.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 3.23% to 9,245.20, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 2.24% to settle at 237.70 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.98% to close at 175.05.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 3.13% to 1,082.45 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 2.91% to settle at 1,432.05 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.92% to 107.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1006 to 834 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1722 fell and 1624 advanced, while 117 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.63% to 18.39.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.79% or 13.50 to $1,695.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.86% or 0.76 to hit $87.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.78 to trade at $93.32 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.45% to 79.81, while EUR/INR rose 0.42% to 79.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 109.50.