Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Capital Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty gained 0.24%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Larsen & Toubro Limited (NSE:LART), which rose 2.87% or 51.15 points to trade at 1830.75 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NSE:KTKM) added 2.15% or 14.90 points to end at 706.80 and Punjab National Bank (NSE:PNBK) was up 1.86% or 2.95 points to 161.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Limited (NSE:TEML), which lost 3.03% or 16.70 points to trade at 533.90 in late trade. ITC Ltd (NSE:ITC) declined 1.67% or 5.55 points to end at 326.25 and Coal India Limited (NSE:COAL) shed 1.62% or 7.10 points to 431.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which rose 2.74% to 1827.30, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was up 1.79% to settle at 4270.10 and Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which gained 1.63% to close at 382.90.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 1.70% to 326.05 in late trade, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which lost 1.59% to settle at 431.10 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 0.84% to 979.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 823 to 630 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 396 fell and 365 advanced, while 2 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 0.44% to 14.7300.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.80 to $1084.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.96% or 0.43 to hit $44.72 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.19 to trade at $49.40 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 63.766, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 69.5050.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 98.03.