Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Metals, Technology and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.67%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL), which rose 3.00% or 4.10 points to trade at 140.90 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 2.84% or 16.50 points to end at 598.25 and GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) was up 2.07% or 7.55 points to 373.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE), which lost 3.09% or 8.35 points to trade at 261.75 in late trade. Wipro Ltd . (NS:WIPR) declined 3.01% or 15.65 points to end at 504.00 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) shed 2.75% or 2.70 points to 95.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which rose 3.00% to 140.85, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was up 2.04% to settle at 373.20 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 1.24% to close at 253.30.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 3.18% to 170.30 in late trade, Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which lost 2.84% to settle at 505.10 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was down 2.04% to 372.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 855 to 598 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 920 fell and 692 advanced, while 66 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.50% to 13.2850 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.21% or 2.80 to $1326.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.15% or 0.07 to hit $46.70 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.10 to trade at $48.95 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 67.050, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 75.7160.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 94.61.