Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Auto, Consumer Durables and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which rose 1.62% or 94.80 points to trade at 5958.95 at the close. Meanwhile, State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 1.20% or 3.25 points to end at 273.15 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS:AXBK) was up 1.18% or 6.00 points to 516.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY), which fell 5.08% or 144.70 points to trade at 2702.10 at the close. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 2.46% or 9.56 points to end at 379.50 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) was down 2.21% or 2.35 points to 103.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 1.67% to 5961.90, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 1.30% to settle at 273.20 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 1.16% to close at 516.10.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 5.01% to 2708.60 in late trade, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which lost 2.28% to settle at 379.40 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which was down 1.96% to 300.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 926 to 564 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1577 fell and 1159 advanced, while 156 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.08% or 144.70 to 2702.10. Shares in Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.01% or 142.80 to 2708.60.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.24% to 14.3900 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.38% or 4.55 to $1204.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.81% or 0.91 to hit $49.37 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.64% or 0.87 to trade at $52.24 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 66.765, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 70.5036.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 102.07.