Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Auto, Technology and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.31% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 6.52% or 3.05 points to trade at 49.90 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) added 3.05% or 663.15 points to end at 22427.15 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 2.95% or 63.95 points to 2229.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which lost 2.49% or 3.80 points to trade at 149.35 in late trade. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) declined 1.64% or 12.40 points to end at 742.95 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) shed 1.46% or 6.40 points to 433.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 6.74% to 49.90, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 2.83% to settle at 2228.65 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which gained 2.55% to close at 179.15.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 2.26% to 149.35 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 1.44% to settle at 433.55 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.34% to 2414.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 776 to 760 and 87 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1190 rose and 1185 declined, while 158 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.74% to 12.1225 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.05% or 0.75 to $1477.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $60.86 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $66.19 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.14% to 71.089, while EUR/INR rose 0.34% to 79.1450.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 96.870.