Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Durables and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.11%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which rose 2.54% or 20.95 points to trade at 845.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) added 1.84% or 136.70 points to end at 7562.75 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was up 2.00% or 6.80 points to 346.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which fell 3.79% or 7.15 points to trade at 181.15 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 1.18% or 6.45 points to end at 535.70 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was down 1.41% or 6.65 points to 465.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 2.19% to 347.50, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was up 1.76% to settle at 2986.90 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 1.56% to close at 3048.80.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 3.72% to 181.30 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.46% to settle at 743.15 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 1.38% to 464.95 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 882 to 689 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1294 fell and 1118 advanced, while 177 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) rose to all time highs; up 1.84% or 136.70 to 7562.75.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.82% to 20.9575.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.42% or 5.55 to $1308.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.93% or 0.60 to hit $64.01 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.67% or 0.48 to trade at $71.25 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.34% to 68.908, while EUR/INR fell 0.28% to 77.7235.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 96.562.