Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Capital Goods and Consumer Durables sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 1.58% or 7.40 points to trade at 476.80 at the close. Meanwhile, NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) added 1.50% or 2.50 points to end at 169.60 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was up 1.22% or 34.15 points to 2,843.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which fell 4.17% or 139.50 points to trade at 3,203.10 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) declined 1.54% or 39.00 points to end at 2,492.60 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was down 1.30% or 42.65 points to 3,246.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 1.35% to 169.30, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 1.24% to settle at 2,843.85 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 0.99% to close at 772.50.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.22% to 2,494.85 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 1.08% to settle at 4,856.10 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 0.81% to 987.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1005 to 901 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1831 rose and 1551 declined, while 126 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.75% to 11.94.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.39% or 7.75 to $2,015.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.54% or 1.22 to hit $78.02 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.38% or 1.15 to trade at $81.97 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.17% to 82.16, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 90.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 101.55.