Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Banking and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.74% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which rose 2.78% or 13.30 points to trade at 492.15 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) added 2.64% or 50.30 points to end at 1,956.90 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was up 2.28% or 22.15 points to 995.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which lost 1.73% or 25.45 points to trade at 1,449.50 in late trade. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) declined 1.26% or 105.05 points to end at 8,224.15 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) shed 1.12% or 13.10 points to 1,155.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which rose 2.78% to 492.15, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 2.68% to settle at 1,957.40 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 2.28% to close at 5,340.70.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.73% to 1,448.85 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which lost 1.21% to settle at 8,229.75 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 1.09% to 1,155.75 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 964 to 947 and 78 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1658 rose and 1601 declined, while 125 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.59% to 11.78.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.19% or 3.75 to $1,984.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.36% or 0.27 to hit $75.56 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.27 to trade at $79.73 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.16% to 81.95, while EUR/INR fell 0.03% to 91.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 99.91.