Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Power and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.71% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which rose 6.09% or 13.20 points to trade at 229.95 at the close. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 5.70% or 19.15 points to end at 355.10 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 4.95% or 259.75 points to 5504.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which lost 2.11% or 51.85 points to trade at 2401.80 in late trade. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) declined 1.83% or 10.20 points to end at 548.05 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) shed 1.65% or 14.00 points to 835.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which rose 6.21% to 230.20, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 5.73% to settle at 355.10 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 4.91% to close at 5505.00.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 1.85% to 2407.50 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 1.73% to settle at 1031.35 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.46% to 599.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1042 to 583 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1787 rose and 1089 declined, while 136 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.62% to 23.1225.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.12% or 20.55 to $1814.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.75% or 0.42 to hit $56.11 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.11 to trade at $58.80 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.23% to 72.980, while EUR/INR fell 0.12% to 87.5045.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 91.422.