Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Auto and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.06% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 2.73% or 26.65 points to trade at 1,002.30 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) added 2.53% or 30.35 points to end at 1,231.95 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 2.51% or 37.15 points to 1,518.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK), which lost 2.30% or 40.65 points to trade at 1,728.00 in late trade. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) declined 2.05% or 148.95 points to end at 7,109.85 and Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) shed 1.47% or 47.05 points to 3,143.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which rose 2.70% to 1,002.00, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 2.69% to settle at 1,520.55 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 2.54% to close at 1,231.75.
The worst performers were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 2.25% to 1,728.60 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 1.97% to settle at 7,109.10 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.26% to 532.25 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1199 to 1059 and 24 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2058 rose and 1723 declined, while 87 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.65% to 12.85 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.12% or 2.85 to $2,366.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.60% or 0.50 to hit $83.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.46 to trade at $86.88 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 83.49, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 90.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 104.92.