Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Banking and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty lost 0.51%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Cairn India Limited (NSE:CAIL), which rose 6.44% or 10.75 points to trade at 177.70 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd . (NSE:TAMO) added 3.03% or 11.80 points to end at 401.35 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NSE:REDY) was up 1.71% or 65.65 points to 3913.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lupin Ltd (NSE:LUPN), which lost 5.25% or 95.70 points to trade at 1728.25 in late trade. Bajaj Auto Limited (NSE:BAJA) declined 4.96% or 129.85 points to end at 2489.05 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (NSE:TISC) shed 3.74% or 10.50 points to 269.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which rose 3.11% to 401.35, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was up 1.62% to settle at 3910.35 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 1.25% to close at 1358.35.
The worst performers were Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which was down 5.02% to 2487.75 in late trade, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which lost 3.58% to settle at 270.30 and Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which was down 1.71% to 71.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 735 to 706 and 9 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 378 rose and 376 declined, while 2 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 2.58% to 15.5200.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.82% or 8.90 to $1100.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.09% or 0.04 to hit $49.23 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.07 to trade at $56.06 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.29% to 63.755, while EUR/INR rose 0.82% to 70.0650.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 97.16.