Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumer Durables and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.82%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 12.04% or 40.45 points to trade at 376.50 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) added 10.60% or 227.70 points to end at 2375.35 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 5.29% or 44.15 points to 878.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which lost 4.58% or 7.70 points to trade at 160.40 in late trade. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) declined 1.32% or 65.50 points to end at 4891.10 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) shed 1.11% or 2.15 points to 190.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which rose 10.69% to 2376.20, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 5.32% to settle at 878.15 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 4.04% to close at 7491.30.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 1.31% to 4892.25 in late trade, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which lost 0.71% to settle at 2728.75 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 0.64% to 19049.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1214 to 492 and 60 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2096 rose and 1037 declined, while 125 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.79% to 16.1550.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1761.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.70% or 1.32 to hit $76.11 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.22% or 0.99 to trade at $80.09 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 74.766, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 86.4175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.210.