Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Capital Goods and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.80%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Punjab National Bank (NS:PNBK), which rose 2.89% or 2.60 points to trade at 92.60 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 2.85% or 3.30 points to end at 119.05 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) was up 2.30% or 2.75 points to 122.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which lost 4.63% or 16.900 points to trade at 348.200 in late trade. ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) declined 3.59% or 8.90 points to end at 239.05 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) shed 2.98% or 125.50 points to 4084.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which rose 2.68% to 118.80, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was up 2.17% to settle at 122.35 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which gained 1.08% to close at 382.35.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was down 3.52% to 239.60 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 2.93% to settle at 4084.00 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.65% to 346.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 971 to 473 and 60 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1076 fell and 520 advanced, while 49 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.77% to 17.6975 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 1.50% or 19.35 to $1307.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.48% or 0.71 to hit $47.30 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 0.71 to trade at $48.26 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.33% to 67.299, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 75.4590.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 94.84.