Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Auto and Green Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.79%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.74%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC), which rose 4.89% or 20.15 points to trade at 432.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv) added 4.41% or 12.85 points to end at 304.00 and Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO) was up 3.57% or 15.90 points to 461.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which fell 2.38% or 9.000 points to trade at 369.900 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) declined 0.40% or 94.00 points to end at 23288.00 and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) was down 0.21% or 1.55 points to 721.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which rose 4.62% to 431.55, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was up 3.60% to settle at 461.30 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which gained 3.30% to close at 286.25.
The worst performers were NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which was down 0.06% to 163.00 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 0.29% to settle at 935.40 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 0.44% to 449.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1158 to 313 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1796 rose and 804 declined, while 163 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 7.84% to 15.5250.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.02% or 0.25 to $1177.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.88% or 0.44 to hit $50.21 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.96% or 0.51 to trade at $53.51 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.14% to 67.350, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 72.6650.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 99.96.