Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Public Sector Undertakings and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.52%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 6.86% or 11.10 points to trade at 173.35 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 5.84% or 2.50 points to end at 45.35 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) was up 3.72% or 5.15 points to 144.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which lost 2.63% or 18.95 points to trade at 702.10 in late trade. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 1.56% or 2.00 points to end at 125.90 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) shed 1.43% or 7.80 points to 536.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which rose 7.23% to 70.45, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was up 7.17% to settle at 173.35 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which gained 5.96% to close at 45.35.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 2.63% to 701.85 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 1.68% to settle at 125.85 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 1.51% to 535.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 941 to 622 and 79 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1312 rose and 1005 declined, while 164 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.22% to 13.3475.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.25% or 3.75 to $1478.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.61% or 0.36 to hit $59.12 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.62 to trade at $64.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.14% to 70.800, while EUR/INR rose 0.17% to 78.8075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 97.143.