Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Technology and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.99%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which rose 5.51% or 1,277.40 points to trade at 24,458.45 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 3.98% or 13.00 points to end at 339.85 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) was up 3.22% or 24.35 points to 779.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which lost 2.84% or 12.30 points to trade at 420.55 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 1.63% or 1.75 points to end at 105.85 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) shed 1.04% or 13.85 points to 1,317.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 3.23% to 1,090.35, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 3.22% to settle at 779.85 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 2.57% to close at 898.90.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.63% to 105.85 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 0.33% to settle at 166.75 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 0.32% to 2,629.50 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1104 to 742 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1947 rose and 1370 declined, while 120 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.49% to 18.31.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.30% or 5.15 to $1,732.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.02% or 0.02 to hit $81.92 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $87.99 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.06% to 79.68, while EUR/INR rose 0.17% to 79.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 109.54.