Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.52%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which rose 2.77% or 34.00 points to trade at 1261.40 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 2.31% or 14.95 points to end at 662.10 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 2.07% or 5.75 points to 283.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which lost 2.44% or 11.75 points to trade at 470.40 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 1.73% or 4.15 points to end at 235.40 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) shed 1.59% or 141.60 points to 8759.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 2.80% to 1260.15, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 2.21% to settle at 199.20 and Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which gained 2.05% to close at 283.20.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 1.42% to 339.00 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 1.33% to settle at 8772.30 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 0.83% to 369.50 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 983 to 622 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1542 rose and 1082 declined, while 169 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.53% to 13.7225 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.79% or 9.50 to $1210.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $68.75 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.30% or 0.23 to trade at $77.50 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.59% to 71.925, while EUR/INR rose 0.10% to 83.5355.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.11.