Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Banking and Green Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.70% to hit a new 6-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.88%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Larsen & Toubro Limited (NS:LART), which rose 14.13% or 182.55 points to trade at 1474.15 at the close. Meanwhile, State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 5.17% or 9.05 points to end at 184.15 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL) was up 4.94% or 6.05 points to 128.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which fell 1.19% or 4.700 points to trade at 390.150 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 1.13% or 8.45 points to end at 740.90 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was down 0.78% or 6.10 points to 779.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which rose 14.04% to 1472.60, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 4.91% to settle at 183.75 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which gained 4.73% to close at 128.45.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 0.87% to 780.05 in late trade, NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which lost 0.67% to settle at 140.90 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 0.57% to 467.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 840 to 583 and 79 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 895 rose and 662 declined, while 75 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.57% or 2.70 to 467.60.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.26% to 15.3250 a new 3-months low.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.38% or 4.70 to $1228.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.71% or 0.35 to hit $49.91 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.43 to trade at $50.17 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.14% to 67.180, while EUR/INR rose 0.17% to 75.1680.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 95.15.