Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Green Energy and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Auto, Consumer Durables and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.00%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Housing Development Finance Corp. (NS:HDFC), which rose 2.66% or 35.45 points to trade at 1370.10 at the close. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) added 2.40% or 77.70 points to end at 3320.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) was up 1.92% or 5.35 points to 283.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which lost 4.33% or 16.050 points to trade at 354.400 in late trade. Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) declined 3.39% or 38.10 points to end at 1085.00 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (NS:HROM) shed 3.13% or 107.05 points to 3312.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which rose 3.55% to 1383.40, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was up 2.33% to settle at 3318.90 and ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.94% to close at 283.95.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 3.24% to 1086.35 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which lost 3.12% to settle at 3314.75 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was down 2.06% to 462.65 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1009 to 481 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1573 fell and 1035 advanced, while 250 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.54% to 14.0850.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.34% or 4.35 to $1270.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.55% or 0.27 to hit $49.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.84% or 0.42 to trade at $50.40 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 66.846, while EUR/INR rose 0.07% to 73.0010.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 98.56.