Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Technology and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.59% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 4.15% or 26.90 points to trade at 674.60 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 3.62% or 57.10 points to end at 1,634.90 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was up 3.43% or 13.35 points to 403.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which lost 0.11% or 2.85 points to trade at 2,524.00 in late trade. Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) declined 0.06% or 1.90 points to end at 3,365.55 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) gained 0.36% or 15.95 points to 4,495.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 3.68% to 1,635.75, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 3.53% to settle at 403.45 and JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which gained 2.96% to close at 954.25.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 0.09% to 2,524.15 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 0.11% to settle at 3,370.00 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 0.40% to 4,503.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1568 to 892 and 26 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2205 rose and 1578 declined, while 111 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.25% to 12.91 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.14% or 3.50 to $2,545.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.77% or 1.19 to hit $68.50 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.64% or 1.16 to trade at $71.77 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.04% to 83.95, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 92.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 101.73.