Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty declined 0.41%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NSE:BHEL), which rose 3.36% or 8.60 points to trade at 264.30 at the close. Larsen & Toubro Limited (NSE:LART) added 2.35% or 42.45 points to end at 1848.90 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (NSE:HROM) was up 2.15% or 54.85 points to 2604.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL), which lost 5.40% or 49.45 points to trade at 866.65 in late trade. Vedanta Ltd (NSE:VDAN) declined 4.67% or 6.80 points to end at 138.90 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NSE:TCS) shed 2.80% or 72.60 points to 2522.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which rose 3.59% to 264.35, Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which was up 2.39% to settle at 1847.50 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which gained 2.21% to close at 104.00.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 4.86% to 139.00 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 2.80% to settle at 2521.40 and Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which was down 2.33% to 2513.95 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 793 to 645 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 381 fell and 364 advanced, 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 down 1.98% to 17.4375.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.18% or 2.10 to $1161.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.48% or 0.77 to hit $52.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.69 to trade at $57.73 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 63.475, while EUR/INR fell 0.35% to 70.0480.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 96.70.