Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Auto, Capital Goods and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.64% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which rose 8.22% or 258.05 points to trade at 3,399.00 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 4.85% or 66.80 points to end at 1,445.00 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 3.55% or 89.45 points to 2,610.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which lost 2.71% or 41.75 points to trade at 1,497.55 in late trade. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) declined 2.07% or 6.75 points to end at 319.00 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) shed 1.25% or 8.55 points to 676.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 3.51% to 2,608.95, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 3.38% to settle at 3,577.05 and Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 3.05% to close at 1,162.15.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 2.76% to 1,497.80 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 2.09% to settle at 319.00 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 0.32% to 372.70 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1208 to 985 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1985 fell and 1703 advanced, while 109 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.41% to 21.38.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.06% or 25.30 to $2,367.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.88% or 0.68 to hit $78.25 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.70 to trade at $82.60 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 83.23, while EUR/INR rose 0.15% to 90.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 104.66.