Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty rose 0.56%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Bank Of Baroda (NSE:BOB), which rose 10.05% or 15.40 points to trade at 168.60 at the close. Punjab National Bank (NSE:PNBK) added 9.77% or 13.45 points to end at 151.10 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NSE:REDY) was up 5.41% or 200.75 points to 3913.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NMDC Ltd (NSE:NMDC), which lost 2.11% or 2.20 points to trade at 102.30 in late trade. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NSE:SUN) declined 1.87% or 15.50 points to end at 814.25 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NSE:HALC) shed 1.74% or 1.85 points to 104.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which rose 5.23% to 3907.55, Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was up 4.79% to settle at 710.10 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 3.90% to close at 315.80.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 1.89% to 814.30 in late trade, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which lost 1.60% to settle at 104.70 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.48% to 1069.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 922 to 511 and 12 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 500 rose and 255 declined, while 1 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 3.48% to 15.3250.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.57% or 6.20 to $1087.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.04% or 0.51 to hit $49.30 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.80% or 0.96 to trade at $54.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.30% to 64.016, while EUR/INR rose 0.14% to 70.2090.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 97.39.