Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Real Estate and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.15%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 2.37% or 9.80 points to trade at 423.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) added 1.75% or 32.25 points to end at 1,871.95 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 1.49% or 55.60 points to 3,780.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which fell 3.47% or 11.65 points to trade at 324.45 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) declined 1.88% or 9.15 points to end at 477.95 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was down 1.77% or 5.15 points to 285.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.48% to 424.10, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 1.95% to settle at 1,874.90 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which gained 1.86% to close at 3,793.00.
The worst performers were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 1.18% to 3,685.65 in late trade, JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which lost 0.91% to settle at 946.90 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 0.87% to 4,308.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1840 to 627 and 109 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2639 fell and 1168 advanced, while 91 ended unchanged.
Shares in NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) rose to all time highs; rising 2.37% or 9.80 to 423.95. Shares in NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) rose to all time highs; rising 2.48% or 10.25 to 424.10.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.94% to 12.44 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.48% or 12.55 to $2,611.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.84% or 0.59 to hit $70.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.75% or 0.55 to trade at $74.20 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 83.66, while EUR/INR rose 0.43% to 93.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 100.33.