Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Metals and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.17%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which rose 2.65% or 71.15 points to trade at 2,756.00 at the close. Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) added 2.49% or 29.35 points to end at 1,206.90 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was up 1.60% or 23.45 points to 1,486.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which lost 1.35% or 7.10 points to trade at 519.25 in late trade. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) declined 1.25% or 5.10 points to end at 403.85 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) shed 1.22% or 13.20 points to 1,072.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 1.60% to 1,487.65, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 1.38% to settle at 154.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.38% to close at 1,190.90.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.22% to 519.25 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 1.20% to settle at 403.80 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.20% to 2,736.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1562 to 974 and 19 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2339 rose and 1468 declined, while 85 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.44% to 13.01.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.14% or 3.60 to $2,543.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.22% or 0.16 to hit $72.09 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.28 to trade at $76.33 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 83.93, while EUR/INR fell 0.08% to 93.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 101.16.