Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Capital Goods and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.37% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 8.81% or 21.40 points to trade at 264.75 at the close. Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) added 6.65% or 19.35 points to end at 311.70 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was up 3.29% or 19.80 points to 621.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which lost 7.11% or 28.80 points to trade at 376.55 in late trade. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) declined 5.62% or 17.95 points to end at 301.50 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) shed 4.09% or 6.75 points to 157.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 3.17% to 620.55, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was up 2.83% to settle at 318.00 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 2.64% to close at 394.95.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 0.91% to 514.00 in late trade, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which lost 0.77% to settle at 282.85 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 0.69% to 1150.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 883 to 706 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1323 rose and 1262 declined, while 156 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.57% to 13.7475 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.21% or 2.90 to $1350.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.48% or 0.33 to hit $68.80 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.46 to trade at $73.94 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 65.751, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 81.3505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.37.