Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Public Sector Undertakings and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.63% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 7.31% or 77.00 points to trade at 1130.95 at the close. Meanwhile, ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) added 6.83% or 14.75 points to end at 230.75 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 4.47% or 19.85 points to 463.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which fell 3.49% or 15.90 points to trade at 439.05 at the close. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) declined 1.76% or 28.35 points to end at 1578.45 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was down 1.30% or 51.25 points to 3903.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 7.34% to 1131.25, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 6.83% to settle at 230.75 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 4.46% to close at 463.65.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.32% to 3902.50 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 1.25% to settle at 1436.55 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 1.16% to 1447.65 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 913 to 795 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1555 fell and 1551 advanced, while 142 ended unchanged.
Shares in IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) rose to 52-week highs; up 7.31% or 77.00 to 1130.95. Shares in State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) rose to all time highs; rising 4.47% or 19.85 to 463.70. Shares in IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) rose to 52-week highs; rising 7.34% or 77.40 to 1131.25. Shares in State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) rose to all time highs; up 4.46% or 19.80 to 463.65.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.97% to 14.4125.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.80% or 14.35 to $1780.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $72.50 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.07 to trade at $75.39 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.16% to 73.559, while EUR/INR fell 0.27% to 86.5305.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 92.763.