Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Public Sector Undertakings and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.42% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which rose 14.18% or 31.95 points to trade at 256.60 at the close. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) added 5.46% or 30.15 points to end at 579.90 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 4.17% or 10.55 points to 263.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which lost 2.50% or 8.00 points to trade at 311.00 in late trade. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 2.11% or 53.25 points to end at 2466.30 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) shed 1.22% or 28.40 points to 2309.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 2.68% to 1568.65, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 2.68% to settle at 519.20 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which gained 2.64% to close at 70.05.
The worst performers were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 2.13% to 2467.80 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 1.21% to settle at 73.25 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.13% to 2309.85 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 831 to 739 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1214 rose and 1154 declined, while 181 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.31% to 13.9875 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.21% or 3.05 to $1463.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.46% or 0.27 to hit $57.84 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.17 to trade at $62.84 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.50% to 71.608, while EUR/INR rose 0.64% to 78.8615.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 98.248.