Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Metals and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.42%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 3.35% or 8.15 points to trade at 251.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 3.38% or 15.55 points to end at 475.05 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was up 3.07% or 9.80 points to 328.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which fell 2.70% or 36.45 points to trade at 1312.30 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 1.97% or 70.95 points to end at 3527.25 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was down 1.64% or 10.10 points to 605.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 3.15% to 328.60, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.47% to settle at 1114.15 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 1.46% to close at 198.30.
The worst performers were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 1.85% to 3533.15 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 1.20% to settle at 699.85 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.15% to 429.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1211 to 392 and 19 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1892 fell and 870 advanced, while 119 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.06% to 16.3150.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.12% or 1.60 to $1356.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.51% or 0.31 to hit $60.91 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $64.39 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.14% to 63.935, while EUR/INR rose 0.00% to 79.8119.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 88.66.