Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.51% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 7.82% or 68.80 points to trade at 948.10 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 3.17% or 192.50 points to end at 6,266.90 and Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) was up 2.93% or 23.30 points to 818.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which lost 1.97% or 87.65 points to trade at 4,371.10 in late trade. SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) declined 1.48% or 17.50 points to end at 1,168.55 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) shed 1.24% or 22.75 points to 1,805.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 7.88% to 948.15, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 3.27% to settle at 6,268.80 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 2.52% to close at 12,730.10.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 1.89% to 4,373.00 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 1.05% to settle at 1,805.75 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 0.56% to 2,487.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1138 to 680 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1906 rose and 1304 declined, while 156 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.21% to 16.86.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.21% or 20.50 to $1,679.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 5.22% or 5.21 to hit $94.67 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.99% or 5.34 to trade at $101.58 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.21% to 79.83, while EUR/INR fell 0.10% to 81.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 106.97.