Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Public Sector Undertakings and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.48% to hit a new 6-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Coal India Limited (NS:COAL), which rose 3.42% or 10.15 points to trade at 307.35 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) added 3.06% or 31.15 points to end at 1049.05 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 2.86% or 2.95 points to 106.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wipro Ltd . (NS:WIPR), which lost 2.54% or 14.10 points to trade at 540.40 in late trade. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 1.80% or 13.20 points to end at 721.35 and Cairn India Limited (NS:CAIL) shed 1.50% or 2.15 points to 141.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which rose 3.20% to 306.40, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which was up 2.72% to settle at 105.85 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which gained 2.56% to close at 340.65.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was down 2.35% to 540.25 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 1.13% to settle at 746.85 and Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which was down 1.03% to 72.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 723 to 695 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 792 fell and 791 advanced, while 58 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.72% to 15.0875 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.34% or 4.15 to $1218.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $49.02 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $49.75 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.31% to 67.285, while EUR/INR fell 0.12% to 75.3560.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 95.29.