Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Auto and Green Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.81%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO), which rose 3.23% or 15.25 points to trade at 487.95 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) added 2.96% or 31.95 points to end at 1110.80 and Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ) was up 2.90% or 7.05 points to 249.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which lost 5.01% or 17.000 points to trade at 322.000 in late trade. NTPC Limited (NS:NTPC) declined 2.29% or 3.50 points to end at 149.10 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) shed 1.39% or 6.70 points to 475.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which rose 3.28% to 488.00, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was up 2.18% to settle at 3170.70 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 2.16% to close at 217.40.
The worst performers were NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which was down 2.10% to 149.05 in late trade, Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which lost 1.63% to settle at 72.45 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 1.53% to 476.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 889 to 545 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 972 fell and 617 advanced, while 61 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.91% to 18.0200.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.71% or 9.00 to $1261.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.55% or 0.76 to hit $49.89 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.84% or 0.92 to trade at $50.80 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.23% to 67.275, while EUR/INR rose 0.86% to 76.8310.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.80% at 93.06.