Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Banking and Green Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.70% to hit a new 6-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Larsen & Toubro Limited (NS:LART), which rose 14.13% or 182.55 points to trade at 1474.15 at the close. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 5.17% or 9.05 points to end at 184.15 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL) was up 4.94% or 6.05 points to 128.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which lost 1.19% or 4.700 points to trade at 390.150 in late trade. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 1.13% or 8.45 points to end at 740.90 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) shed 0.78% or 6.10 points to 779.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which rose 14.04% to 1472.60, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 4.91% to settle at 183.75 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which gained 4.73% to close at 128.45.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 0.87% to 780.05 in late trade, NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which lost 0.67% to settle at 140.90 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 0.57% to 467.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 840 to 583 and 79 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 895 rose and 662 declined, while 75 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.26% to 15.3250 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.42% or 5.15 to $1228.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.71% or 0.35 to hit $49.91 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.43 to trade at $50.17 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.14% to 67.180, while EUR/INR rose 0.17% to 75.1680.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 95.15.