Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.90%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 5.29% or 52.90 points to trade at 1,052.00 at the close. Meanwhile, JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) added 4.40% or 23.25 points to end at 551.70 and Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) was up 3.93% or 138.50 points to 3,662.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which fell 2.20% or 6.00 points to trade at 266.70 at the close. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) declined 2.17% or 16.55 points to end at 747.45 and Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) was down 2.01% or 70.65 points to 3,448.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 5.27% to 1,051.85, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 3.26% to settle at 469.00 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which gained 2.96% to close at 1,367.70.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 2.13% to 266.85 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 1.16% to settle at 900.55 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 0.91% to 2,587.45 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1039 to 801 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1666 rose and 1526 declined, while 127 ended unchanged.
Shares in Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.01% or 70.65 to 3,448.70.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 10.15% to 22.72.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.72 to $1,844.58 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.92% or 1.01 to hit $111.34 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.66 to trade at $111.78 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 77.54, while EUR/INR rose 0.44% to 83.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 101.81.