Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Banking and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.26% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which rose 2.64% or 31.95 points to trade at 1243.70 at the close. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) added 2.99% or 7.95 points to end at 273.40 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 2.21% or 17.25 points to 800.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which lost 6.00% or 21.95 points to trade at 343.80 in late trade. Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 3.37% or 14.60 points to end at 416.25 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) shed 3.44% or 9.05 points to 253.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which rose 2.61% to 272.85, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was up 2.15% to settle at 1931.80 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 1.99% to close at 1897.00.
The worst performers were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which was down 4.32% to 414.35 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.89% to settle at 751.85 and Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was down 2.81% to 283.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1376 to 248 and 15 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2226 fell and 657 advanced, while 114 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.72% to 13.9600.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.68% or 9.10 to $1330.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $64.00 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $69.41 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 63.825, while EUR/INR rose 0.28% to 78.0669.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 90.45.