Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Metals, Public Sector Undertakings and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 2.11% to hit a new 52-week low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which rose 0.43% or 71.70 points to trade at 16,874.00 at the close. Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) added 0.17% or 5.70 points to end at 3,391.10 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was up 0.01% or 0.15 points to 2,146.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which lost 6.03% or 57.85 points to trade at 901.70 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 5.99% or 21.40 points to end at 336.10 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) shed 5.34% or 10.15 points to 179.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which rose 0.30% to 16,872.80, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 0.12% to settle at 2,657.45 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 0.19% to close at 2,146.40.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 6.04% to 901.70 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 4.37% to settle at 975.50 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 4.11% to 653.95 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1651 to 203 and 22 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2650 fell and 607 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 3.25% to 22.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.18% or 3.20 to $1,822.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.97% or 1.12 to hit $114.19 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.05% or 1.25 to trade at $117.26 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.23% to 78.07, while EUR/INR fell 0.52% to 81.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 104.93.