Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.65%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 7.26% or 411.90 points to trade at 6086.40 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) added 3.76% or 434.25 points to end at 11993.10 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 2.56% or 10.80 points to 432.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which lost 1.51% or 3.20 points to trade at 209.30 in late trade. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) declined 1.06% or 44.60 points to end at 4179.90 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) shed 0.88% or 24.00 points to 2705.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 7.29% to 6087.60, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was up 3.75% to settle at 11991.60 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 2.56% to close at 432.25.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 1.41% to 209.40 in late trade, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which lost 0.91% to settle at 4184.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 0.56% to 7199.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1385 to 323 and 28 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2353 rose and 693 declined, while 132 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.69% to 15.0025.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.71% or 13.45 to $1882.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $70.04 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.12 to trade at $72.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 73.073, while EUR/INR rose 0.05% to 88.9230.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 90.177.