Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.38% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which rose 8.31% or 95.75 points to trade at 1247.90 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 5.52% or 97.60 points to end at 1867.10 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 5.16% or 33.15 points to 675.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 4.39% or 1.30 points to trade at 28.30 in late trade. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) declined 3.73% or 35.50 points to end at 915.90 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) shed 2.73% or 65.15 points to 2321.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which rose 8.59% to 1249.85, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 5.97% to settle at 1876.90 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 5.16% to close at 675.20.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 3.75% to 916.45 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 2.97% to settle at 2315.85 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.37% to 158.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 958 to 561 and 79 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1389 rose and 911 declined, while 166 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 8.39% to 39.2300 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.59% or 10.25 to $1748.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 10.38% or 1.43 to hit $15.21 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 6.63% or 1.35 to trade at $21.72 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.31% to 76.160, while EUR/INR fell 0.84% to 81.9865.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 100.808.