Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Real Estate and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.38% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 4.28% or 14.20 points to trade at 346.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) added 3.29% or 29.35 points to end at 920.80 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was up 2.93% or 679.90 points to 23945.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which fell 8.02% or 70.25 points to trade at 808.70 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) declined 7.42% or 16.50 points to end at 205.85 and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) was down 4.33% or 36.30 points to 804.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which rose 4.19% to 345.30, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 2.93% to settle at 1162.65 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which gained 2.20% to close at 2917.20.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 7.42% to 206.00 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 2.16% to settle at 153.90 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 1.15% to 158.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 920 to 673 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1447 fell and 1058 advanced, while 131 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.97% to 18.4550.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.95% or 11.40 to $1210.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.66% or 0.37 to hit $55.88 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $66.09 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.21% to 72.045, while EUR/INR fell 0.55% to 81.3310.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 97.15.