Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, IT and Green Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which rose 2.34% or 98.30 points to trade at 4,295.25 at the close. Meanwhile, HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) added 2.10% or 33.50 points to end at 1,626.15 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 1.44% or 25.80 points to 1,823.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which fell 4.11% or 199.80 points to trade at 4,662.00 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 3.30% or 173.05 points to end at 5,072.45 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was down 3.27% or 17.05 points to 504.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 2.30% to 4,291.65, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 2.09% to settle at 1,625.95 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 1.44% to close at 1,822.65.
The worst performers were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was down 2.37% to 11,001.65 in late trade, JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which lost 1.93% to settle at 890.15 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.81% to 146.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 0 to 0; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.41% to 15.45.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.65% or 16.05 to $2,495.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.56% or 0.43 to hit $77.41 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.47 to trade at $80.23 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 83.94, while EUR/INR fell 0.06% to 92.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 102.43.