Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Healthcare and Green Energy sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.04%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which rose 3.54% or 40.10 points to trade at 1172.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) added 2.03% or 10.70 points to end at 538.70 and Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ) was up 1.91% or 4.60 points to 244.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (NS:IOC), which fell 3.61% or 14.75 points to trade at 393.50 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 2.64% or 4.35 points to end at 160.45 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was down 2.62% or 29.40 points to 1094.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 2.03% to 538.70, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 1.50% to settle at 294.55 and Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which gained 1.41% to close at 1650.35.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 2.82% to 160.50 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 2.62% to settle at 1094.25 and Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which was down 2.49% to 1066.95 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1008 to 554 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1521 fell and 1071 advanced, while 143 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.49% or 27.30 to 1066.95.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.68% to 11.2075.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.53% or 6.58 to $1252.38 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.56% or 0.24 to hit $42.77 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.80% or 0.36 to trade at $45.18 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 64.550, while EUR/INR fell 0.03% to 72.0435.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 97.22.