Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Auto and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Metals, Banking and Consumer Durables sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 5.92% or 60.85 points to trade at 1,088.55 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 4.83% or 15.45 points to end at 335.00 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 3.68% or 11.60 points to 326.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Axis Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which lost 5.10% or 63.25 points to trade at 1,176.00 in late trade. Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) declined 2.50% or 63.45 points to end at 2,477.95 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) shed 2.14% or 26.15 points to 1,196.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which rose 5.68% to 1,086.00, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 2.94% to settle at 3,623.00 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 2.36% to close at 1,658.00.
The worst performers were Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 5.18% to 1,175.50 in late trade, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which lost 2.63% to settle at 2,477.00 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 2.07% to 3,401.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1132 to 1050 and 22 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2040 rose and 1718 declined, while 106 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.38% to 12.51.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.67% or 40.25 to $2,375.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.79% or 1.39 to hit $76.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.75% or 1.43 to trade at $80.28 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 83.74, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 90.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 103.93.