Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.21% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which rose 3.70% or 18.20 points to trade at 509.90 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 3.18% or 13.10 points to end at 425.00 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 3.00% or 28.30 points to 971.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which lost 2.36% or 24.95 points to trade at 1031.00 in late trade. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) declined 1.77% or 18.25 points to end at 1015.10 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) shed 1.66% or 6.70 points to 396.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 2.84% to 969.55, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 2.67% to settle at 3243.05 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 1.80% to close at 1376.40.
The worst performers were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 2.63% to 1027.75 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 1.58% to settle at 676.85 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 1.32% to 2668.85 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 876 to 766 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1451 fell and 1435 advanced, while 163 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.14% to 23.0275.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.82% or 15.20 to $1839.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.23% or 0.12 to hit $53.03 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.10 to trade at $56.16 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.21% to 73.007, while EUR/INR fell 0.13% to 88.8245.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 90.237.