Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.06%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which rose 2.58% or 24.95 points to trade at 991.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) added 1.77% or 9.50 points to end at 544.75 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was up 1.75% or 16.25 points to 947.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which fell 2.30% or 54.40 points to trade at 2306.25 at the close. Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 1.93% or 8.00 points to end at 407.10 and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) was down 1.61% or 18.95 points to 1159.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 2.60% to 991.40, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 1.78% to settle at 544.75 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 1.60% to close at 945.15.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 2.10% to 2311.65 in late trade, Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which lost 1.65% to settle at 407.45 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 1.52% to 3261.85 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 870 to 718 and 6 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1421 rose and 1222 declined, while 148 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.23% to 13.8650.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.26 to $1291.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $57.94 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.26 to trade at $63.06 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 64.696, while EUR/INR fell 0.12% to 76.6065.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 93.08.