
Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Metals and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.76%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which rose 2.97% or 130.70 points to trade at 4,528.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 2.68% or 12.40 points to end at 475.10 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 2.10% or 30.15 points to 1,462.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which fell 1.03% or 31.90 points to trade at 3,060.55 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 0.67% or 7.55 points to end at 1,117.55 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) was down 0.47% or 25.35 points to 5,319.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 2.04% to 1,461.00, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 1.41% to settle at 1,131.90 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 1.33% to close at 118.15.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 0.59% to 1,118.05 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 0.27% to settle at 7,452.90 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 0.25% to 5,334.35 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1428 to 643 and 50 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2191 rose and 1327 declined, while 137 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 8.07% to 11.07.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.46% or 9.05 to $1,996.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.36% or 1.09 to hit $81.53 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 1.04 to trade at $85.67 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 83.26, while EUR/INR rose 0.58% to 88.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 105.98.
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