Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.14%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 1.99% or 6.90 points to trade at 355.20 at the close. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) added 2.23% or 7.25 points to end at 332.40 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) was up 1.64% or 10.90 points to 676.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which lost 6.61% or 30.00 points to trade at 426.55 in late trade. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) declined 3.70% or 7.70 points to end at 201.50 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) shed 2.50% or 11.30 points to 440.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which rose 1.91% to 676.30, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 1.77% to settle at 954.80 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 1.51% to close at 2004.25.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 5.78% to 427.15 in late trade, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which lost 3.31% to settle at 201.45 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.78% to 297.35 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 993 to 569 and 77 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1473 fell and 1007 advanced, while 170 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.03% to 16.2425.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1293.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.22% or 0.64 to hit $51.67 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.63 to trade at $60.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 71.025, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 80.9540.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.720.