Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Capital Goods and Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.09%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which rose 3.11% or 617.60 points to trade at 20457.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 2.74% or 18.30 points to end at 686.15 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 2.69% or 3.20 points to 122.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL), which fell 3.84% or 46.85 points to trade at 1173.20 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) declined 1.05% or 21.65 points to end at 2034.30 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) was down 0.85% or 6.30 points to 737.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 2.77% to 686.30, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 2.39% to settle at 20351.75 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 1.23% to close at 1447.40.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 0.97% to 2037.00 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which lost 0.79% to settle at 7928.40 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 0.70% to 3699.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 957 to 728 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1755 rose and 1281 declined, while 145 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) rose to all time highs; up 3.11% or 617.60 to 20457.20. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) rose to all time highs; up 2.74% or 18.30 to 686.15. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) rose to all time highs; up 2.77% or 18.50 to 686.30.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.24% to 13.9425.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 3.75 to $1797.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $69.39 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.15 to trade at $72.75 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.32% to 73.530, while EUR/INR fell 0.15% to 87.0120.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 92.555.