Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.58%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which rose 3.26% or 13.80 points to trade at 437.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) added 2.35% or 53.05 points to end at 2310.65 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was up 2.40% or 13.85 points to 590.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which fell 2.67% or 70.20 points to trade at 2557.80 at the close. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 0.77% or 3.80 points to end at 487.10 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was down 0.82% or 5.95 points to 719.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which rose 2.34% to 2313.70, Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was up 2.22% to settle at 591.00 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 1.87% to close at 263.90.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 2.62% to 2558.55 in late trade, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which lost 0.93% to settle at 486.95 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 0.48% to 514.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1010 to 563 and 32 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1506 fell and 1056 advanced, while 164 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.90% to 16.4075 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.76% or 9.50 to $1258.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.18 to trade at $62.62 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.00% to 64.332, while EUR/INR fell 0.28% to 76.0190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.50.