Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Real Estate and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.61%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 4.27% or 26.60 points to trade at 649.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) added 4.10% or 26.05 points to end at 662.05 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 3.08% or 30.20 points to 1012.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which fell 2.60% or 7.10 points to trade at 266.30 at the close. Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) declined 1.73% or 5.600 points to end at 318.150 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was down 1.15% or 11.25 points to 970.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 4.31% to 649.30, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 3.01% to settle at 1011.90 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 2.84% to close at 6027.05.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 2.45% to 266.70 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 1.18% to settle at 969.75 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which was down 0.75% to 298.25 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1070 to 430 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1773 rose and 965 declined, while 164 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.39% to 13.7300.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.43% or 5.35 to $1238.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $53.14 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $55.79 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.24% to 67.045, while EUR/INR rose 0.57% to 71.2986.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 100.75.