Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.20% to hit a new 3-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY), which rose 3.20% or 95.95 points to trade at 3097.15 at the close. Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML) added 3.18% or 14.30 points to end at 464.00 and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) was up 3.15% or 21.05 points to 689.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which lost 2.87% or 5.70 points to trade at 193.15 in late trade. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 2.79% or 36.40 points to end at 1266.00 and ACC Ltd (NS:ACC) shed 2.69% or 39.55 points to 1429.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which rose 3.31% to 3096.15, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 2.64% to settle at 641.35 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 2.45% to close at 353.50.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 2.49% to 1264.55 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which lost 2.00% to settle at 530.85 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was down 1.77% to 3226.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 823 to 679 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1540 rose and 1202 declined, while 125 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.22% to 13.5200 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.34% or 16.15 to $1224.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.72% or 0.39 to hit $54.27 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.55 to trade at $57.35 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.09% to 67.397, while EUR/INR rose 0.40% to 72.8911.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 99.26.