Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.38%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Housing Development Finance Corp. (NS:HDFC), which rose 2.90% or 32.75 points to trade at 1162.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML) added 2.66% or 12.40 points to end at 479.35 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL) was up 2.51% or 3.00 points to 122.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA), which fell 5.30% or 6.35 points to trade at 113.50 at the close. Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) declined 4.92% or 10.25 points to end at 198.00 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) was down 2.03% or 64.65 points to 3119.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which rose 2.90% to 1163.85, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was up 2.55% to settle at 122.85 and Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which gained 2.46% to close at 391.20.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.55% to 355.20 in late trade, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which lost 0.88% to settle at 90.50 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.29% to 851.15 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 742 to 672 and 72 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 443 fell and 381 advanced, while 30 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.58% to 17.1700.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.44% or 5.55 to $1279.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.33% or 1.02 to hit $44.80 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.90% or 0.85 to trade at $45.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.13% to 66.540, while EUR/INR fell 0.72% to 76.0100.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 93.67.