Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.40% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 4.10% or 39.70 points to trade at 1010.05 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 4.04% or 121.85 points to end at 3139.25 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 3.54% or 39.80 points to 1162.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which lost 2.39% or 7.10 points to trade at 288.70 in late trade. Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) declined 2.11% or 16.65 points to end at 773.35 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) shed 1.94% or 40.70 points to 2060.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 4.04% to 3137.30, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 3.41% to settle at 1162.25 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 1.63% to close at 548.30.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 1.97% to 2058.80 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 1.51% to settle at 598.55 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.17% to 254.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 967 to 623 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1495 fell and 1107 advanced, while 143 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.09% to 14.5600.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.83% or 11.30 to $1348.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $66.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.24 to trade at $71.82 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.23% to 65.345, while EUR/INR fell 0.15% to 80.5960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 89.49.