Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Consumer Durables and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.59%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 3.88% or 28.50 points to trade at 760.25 at the close. Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) added 2.98% or 38.00 points to end at 1315.70 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 2.74% or 5.30 points to 199.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which lost 0.90% or 3.90 points to trade at 429.95 in late trade. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) declined 0.85% or 243.60 points to end at 28570.75 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) shed 0.69% or 3.40 points to 491.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 3.74% to 760.75, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 3.14% to settle at 2409.50 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 3.08% to close at 1315.40.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 0.81% to 429.70 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 0.67% to settle at 200.45 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 0.40% to 558.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1039 to 567 and 24 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1868 rose and 969 declined, while 90 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.52% to 13.4150.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.27% or 3.50 to $1315.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.34% or 0.21 to hit $61.84 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $67.84 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 63.404, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 76.4330.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 91.67.