Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Auto sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which rose 6.10% or 49.30 points to trade at 856.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 3.38% or 5.05 points to end at 154.60 and Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB) was up 3.10% or 5.10 points to 169.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which fell 1.47% or 35.40 points to trade at 2378.00 at the close. Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML) declined 1.39% or 6.40 points to end at 454.75 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) was down 1.30% or 1.10 points to 83.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which rose 3.32% to 154.05, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 2.39% to settle at 257.35 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which gained 2.27% to close at 3538.60.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.49% to 2377.65 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 1.01% to settle at 591.95 and Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was down 0.77% to 327.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 967 to 501 and 79 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1661 rose and 1036 declined, while 226 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 9.90% to 13.3400.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.42% or 5.55 to $1336.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.04% or 0.47 to hit $45.81 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.44 to trade at $47.27 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 66.718, while EUR/INR rose 0.37% to 74.9780.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 95.16.