Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.47%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which rose 2.21% or 15.35 points to trade at 708.90 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 1.43% or 2.10 points to end at 149.70 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 2.03% or 9.25 points to 464.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which lost 1.67% or 2.85 points to trade at 168.25 in late trade. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 1.46% or 46.20 points to end at 3128.80 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) shed 1.35% or 6.95 points to 506.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 2.10% to 1120.00, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.98% to settle at 657.35 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.68% to close at 148.00.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 2.09% to 91.15 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which lost 1.85% to settle at 3127.00 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.51% to 316.35 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 839 to 732 and 67 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1265 rose and 1207 declined, while 179 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.96% to 16.0725.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.35% or 4.50 to $1274.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.62% or 1.22 to hit $45.39 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.88% or 1.59 to trade at $53.70 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.19% to 70.310, while EUR/INR rose 0.39% to 80.2250.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.278.