Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Power and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.02% to hit a new 6-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL), which rose 4.72% or 5.75 points to trade at 127.70 at the close. Grasim Industries Ltd. (NS:GRAS) added 4.29% or 192.00 points to end at 4665.65 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) was up 3.27% or 107.00 points to 3381.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which lost 0.93% or 7.20 points to trade at 763.10 in late trade. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 0.51% or 6.05 points to end at 1170.80 and Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ) shed 0.43% or 1.10 points to 254.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which rose 4.67% to 127.65, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was up 3.74% to settle at 131.80 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 3.38% to close at 3383.50.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 1.00% to 763.60 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 0.49% to settle at 1170.75 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was up 0.03% to 501.45 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 961 to 490 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1017 rose and 573 declined, while 63 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.84% to 16.2900.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.56% or 7.40 to $1319.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.00% or 0.50 to hit $49.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.92% or 0.47 to trade at $50.85 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.19% to 67.522, while EUR/INR rose 0.42% to 75.2910.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 95.57.