Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Auto and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.14%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which rose 4.12% or 52.05 points to trade at 1316.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) added 2.43% or 779.35 points to end at 32861.95 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 1.66% or 19.75 points to 1212.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which fell 2.02% or 10.80 points to trade at 524.10 at the close. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) declined 1.92% or 5.30 points to end at 270.40 and Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv) was down 1.49% or 3.20 points to 211.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 2.02% to 1343.00, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was up 1.37% to settle at 2965.95 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 1.24% to close at 2223.95.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 1.89% to 270.35 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 1.36% to settle at 397.45 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 1.17% to 378.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 857 to 696 and 23 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1362 rose and 1136 declined, while 152 ended unchanged.
Shares in Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) rose to all time highs; rising 4.12% or 52.05 to 1316.35. Shares in Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.43% or 779.35 to 32861.95. Shares in Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.49% or 3.20 to 211.70.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.86% to 13.0075.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.45% or 6.07 to $1345.07 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.31% or 0.15 to hit $49.01 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.28 to trade at $54.48 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.00% to 64.034, while EUR/INR rose 0.48% to 76.7077.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 91.82.