Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Auto and Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.16% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which rose 5.74% or 1599.75 points to trade at 29469.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 5.53% or 28.55 points to end at 544.75 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (NS:HROM) was up 4.37% or 145.10 points to 3461.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which fell 2.31% or 4.35 points to trade at 183.60 at the close. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 2.20% or 9.20 points to end at 408.30 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (NS:IOC) was down 2.13% or 9.40 points to 432.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which rose 4.26% to 3463.80, Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which was up 3.12% to settle at 2990.00 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which gained 2.28% to close at 358.95.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 2.21% to 364.45 in late trade, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which lost 2.14% to settle at 408.70 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 1.94% to 184.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 946 to 618 and 10 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1549 fell and 1200 advanced, while 151 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) rose to all time highs; rising 5.74% or 1599.75 to 29469.05. Shares in Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.28% or 8.00 to 358.95.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.00% to 10.8375 a new all time low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.41% or 4.96 to $1223.86 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.63% or 0.77 to hit $48.10 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.55% or 0.78 to trade at $51.00 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.33% to 64.375, while EUR/INR fell 0.33% to 69.9904.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 99.46.