Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Auto, Consumer Durables and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which rose 1.62% or 94.80 points to trade at 5958.95 at the close. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 1.20% or 3.25 points to end at 273.15 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS:AXBK) was up 1.18% or 6.00 points to 516.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY), which lost 5.08% or 144.70 points to trade at 2702.10 in late trade. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 2.46% or 9.56 points to end at 379.50 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) shed 2.21% or 2.35 points to 103.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 1.67% to 5961.90, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 1.30% to settle at 273.20 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 1.16% to close at 516.10.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 5.01% to 2708.60 in late trade, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which lost 2.28% to settle at 379.40 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which was down 1.96% to 300.75 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 926 to 564 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1577 fell and 1159 advanced, while 156 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.24% to 14.3900 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.38% or 4.55 to $1204.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.83% or 0.92 to hit $49.36 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.66% or 0.88 to trade at $52.23 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 66.757, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 70.5036.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 102.07.