Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN), which rose 5.94% or 92.85 points to trade at 1655.75 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 3.28% or 4.05 points to end at 127.70 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was up 3.16% or 28.10 points to 918.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC), which lost 4.78% or 15.95 points to trade at 317.70 in late trade. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) declined 3.05% or 14.10 points to end at 447.85 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) shed 2.88% or 21.30 points to 717.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 4.52% to 143.25, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which was up 3.36% to settle at 127.75 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which gained 3.03% to close at 917.35.
The worst performers were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was down 4.92% to 317.65 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 2.16% to settle at 2429.05 and Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was down 1.96% to 315.45 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 763 to 695 and 59 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 876 rose and 733 declined, while 49 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.36% to 15.3075.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.04% or 0.55 to $1366.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.18% or 0.56 to hit $47.99 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.55 to trade at $49.35 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 67.376, while EUR/INR fell 0.19% to 74.6650.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 96.10.