Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Public Sector Undertakings, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.73% to hit a new 3-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which rose 3.44% or 10.85 points to trade at 325.90 at the close. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) added 1.72% or 185.30 points to end at 10,954.85 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 1.26% or 8.05 points to 648.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which lost 22.61% or 637.85 points to trade at 2,183.65 in late trade. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 13.57% or 175.00 points to end at 1,114.65 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) shed 2.95% or 44.95 points to 1,477.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which rose 3.21% to 325.15, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was up 1.41% to settle at 10,926.00 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which gained 0.68% to close at 1,832.50.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.57% to 781.35 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 2.49% to settle at 357.00 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 2.30% to 456.60 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1864 to 607 and 158 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2612 fell and 1179 advanced, while 92 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.95% to 15.97.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.73% or 19.25 to $2,670.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.48% or 1.02 to hit $69.77 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.36% or 0.99 to trade at $73.80 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.18% to 84.51, while EUR/INR fell 0.03% to 88.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 106.65.