Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Auto, Power and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.14%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 5.22% or 61.75 points to trade at 1,243.95 at the close. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) added 1.60% or 46.95 points to end at 2,975.65 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 1.59% or 22.05 points to 1,409.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which lost 0.95% or 21.60 points to trade at 2,262.40 in late trade. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) declined 0.91% or 30.35 points to end at 3,323.05 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) shed 0.80% or 7.40 points to 914.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 1.68% to 2,979.60, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 1.49% to settle at 10,895.00 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 1.31% to close at 1,841.50.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 1.06% to 3,320.50 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 0.99% to settle at 2,261.60 and JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which was down 0.79% to 915.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1571 to 919 and 156 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2231 fell and 1564 advanced, while 99 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.47% to 14.03.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 7.61 to $2,643.11 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.53% or 0.37 to hit $70.47 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.38 to trade at $73.55 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 85.27, while EUR/INR unchanged 0.00% to 88.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 107.93.