Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.15%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which rose 6.88% or 10.75 points to trade at 166.10 at the close. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) added 5.67% or 30.30 points to end at 566.95 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 5.40% or 10.40 points to 203.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 4.66% or 2.50 points to trade at 51.05 in late trade. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) declined 3.35% or 14.20 points to end at 413.75 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) shed 1.02% or 8.05 points to 782.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 6.47% to 166.15, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 6.00% to settle at 567.10 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 4.15% to close at 136.90.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 4.93% to 51.05 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.28% to settle at 782.05 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.67% to 2033.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 851 to 709 and 77 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1212 rose and 1199 declined, while 150 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.07% to 16.3425.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.22% or 3.35 to $1515.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.12% or 0.07 to hit $56.56 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $62.36 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 70.936, while EUR/INR fell 0.20% to 77.4970.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 98.743.