Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Durables and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.11%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which rose 2.54% or 20.95 points to trade at 845.80 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) added 1.84% or 136.70 points to end at 7562.75 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was up 2.00% or 6.80 points to 346.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which lost 3.79% or 7.15 points to trade at 181.15 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 1.18% or 6.45 points to end at 535.70 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) shed 1.41% or 6.65 points to 465.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 2.19% to 347.50, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was up 1.76% to settle at 2986.90 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 1.56% to close at 3048.80.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 3.72% to 181.30 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.46% to settle at 743.15 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 1.38% to 464.95 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 882 to 689 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1294 fell and 1118 advanced, while 177 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.82% to 20.9575.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.42% or 5.55 to $1308.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.93% or 0.60 to hit $64.01 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.67% or 0.48 to trade at $71.25 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.35% to 68.903, while EUR/INR fell 0.29% to 77.7165.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 96.562.