Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.57% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which rose 2.63% or 113.00 points to trade at 4,412.00 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 2.38% or 144.10 points to end at 6,200.05 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 1.91% or 6.65 points to 355.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL), which lost 2.59% or 13.75 points to trade at 517.85 in late trade. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) declined 1.67% or 41.85 points to end at 2,468.95 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) shed 0.80% or 1.90 points to 236.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 2.39% to 6,199.45, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was up 1.90% to settle at 1,359.95 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 1.65% to close at 4,923.95.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.46% to 2,468.20 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 1.13% to settle at 235.85 and Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 0.76% to 881.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1153 to 763 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1924 rose and 1434 declined, while 129 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.95% to 11.43 a new 3-year low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.69% or 13.85 to $2,009.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $74.39 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.11 to trade at $77.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.09% to 81.84, while EUR/INR rose 0.13% to 90.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 101.22.