Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Power and Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.02% to hit a new 6-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL), which rose 4.72% or 5.75 points to trade at 127.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Grasim Industries Ltd. (NS:GRAS) added 4.29% or 192.00 points to end at 4665.65 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) was up 3.27% or 107.00 points to 3381.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which fell 0.93% or 7.20 points to trade at 763.10 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 0.51% or 6.05 points to end at 1170.80 and Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ) was down 0.43% or 1.10 points to 254.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which rose 4.67% to 127.65, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was up 3.74% to settle at 131.80 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 3.38% to close at 3383.50.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 1.00% to 763.60 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 0.49% to settle at 1170.75 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was up 0.03% to 501.45 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 961 to 490 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1017 rose and 573 declined, while 63 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grasim Industries Ltd. (NS:GRAS) rose to all time highs; rising 4.29% or 192.00 to 4665.65.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.84% to 16.2900.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.56% or 7.45 to $1319.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.00% or 0.50 to hit $49.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.92% or 0.47 to trade at $50.85 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.19% to 67.525, while EUR/INR rose 0.42% to 75.2910.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 95.58.