Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Power and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.21%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL), which rose 4.51% or 96.75 points to trade at 2,241.85 at the close. HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) added 4.34% or 23.75 points to end at 571.40 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 3.97% or 42.65 points to 1,116.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which lost 1.82% or 71.25 points to trade at 3,834.40 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 0.75% or 3.70 points to end at 488.60 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) shed 0.68% or 5.15 points to 747.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 4.55% to 2,241.80, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 3.18% to settle at 3,248.30 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 2.79% to close at 235.65.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 0.84% to 747.25 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 0.54% to settle at 921.70 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 0.31% to 1,092.65 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 970 to 856 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1726 fell and 1578 advanced, while 104 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.96% to 19.38.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.06% or 1.16 to $1,889.86 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.32% or 0.33 to hit $102.35 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.21 to trade at $105.16 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.16% to 76.58, while EUR/INR fell 0.47% to 80.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 103.59.