Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Auto and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.89% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which rose 2.50% or 48.00 points to trade at 1,968.10 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 2.33% or 38.70 points to end at 1,699.00 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was up 1.21% or 3.95 points to 331.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which lost 12.89% or 1,497.50 points to trade at 10,119.45 in late trade. Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:SHMF) declined 3.89% or 131.80 points to end at 3,258.60 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) shed 3.39% or 83.55 points to 2,378.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 2.95% to 1,709.00, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 2.77% to settle at 1,973.05 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 1.30% to close at 331.35.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 3.45% to 2,377.30 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 3.34% to settle at 2,963.00 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was down 2.45% to 11,047.45 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1939 to 520 and 98 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2569 fell and 1211 advanced, while 99 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.87% to 13.43.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 10.75 to $2,702.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $70.46 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $74.30 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.03% to 84.07, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 91.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 103.35.