Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Real Estate and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.46% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which rose 5.47% or 35.25 points to trade at 679.60 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 3.51% or 14.00 points to end at 412.40 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was up 2.96% or 3.00 points to 104.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which lost 1.86% or 131.80 points to trade at 6,971.10 in late trade. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) declined 1.66% or 27.60 points to end at 1,630.95 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) shed 1.34% or 41.45 points to 3,043.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 3.02% to 104.20, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 2.47% to settle at 223.85 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 2.04% to close at 1,011.60.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 1.92% to 6,967.85 in late trade, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which lost 1.68% to settle at 1,631.20 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 1.32% to 3,044.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 952 to 865 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1727 rose and 1532 declined, while 124 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.67% to 16.60 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.28% or 4.75 to $1,664.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.46% or 0.40 to hit $88.31 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.35 to trade at $94.14 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.73% to 82.50, while EUR/INR rose 0.28% to 82.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 110.02.