Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Durables and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty rose 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NSE:ULTC), which rose 3.74% or 100.05 points to trade at 2773.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Lupin Ltd (NSE:LUPN) added 3.68% or 74.85 points to end at 2108.85 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NSE:SUN) was up 2.60% or 22.60 points to 891.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IDFC LIMITED (NSE:IDFC), which fell 56.82% or 80.15 points to trade at 60.90 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NSE:HCLT) declined 12.74% or 125.10 points to end at 857.05 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NSE:BHEL) was down 3.02% or 6.20 points to 199.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 2.57% to 890.75, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 2.01% to settle at 2639.70 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 1.80% to close at 4230.05.
The worst performers were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was down 2.85% to 199.70 in late trade, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which lost 2.60% to settle at 294.25 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 2.33% to 4579.85 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 716 to 707 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 379 fell and 367 advanced, while 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in IDFC LIMITED (NSE:IDFC) fell to 5-year lows; falling 56.82% or 80.15 to 60.90. Shares in Lupin Ltd (NSE:LUPN) rose to all time highs; up 3.68% or 74.85 to 2108.85.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 1.99% to 19.2350.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.00 to $1112.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.41% or 1.08 to hit $46.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.95% or 0.94 to trade at $49.31 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.07% to 65.566, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 73.1600.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 96.47.