Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Consumer Durables sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.16%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 2.65% or 181.60 points to trade at 7028.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) added 2.16% or 37.40 points to end at 1771.60 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 1.76% or 6.75 points to 391.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which fell 1.71% or 7.85 points to trade at 450.50 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 1.64% or 14.70 points to end at 881.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was down 1.48% or 11.10 points to 741.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 2.61% to 7028.60, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 2.19% to settle at 1771.40 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which gained 1.47% to close at 2357.20.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.51% to 7452.65 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 1.50% to settle at 741.30 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 1.44% to 3250.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1170 to 621 and 28 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1811 fell and 1446 advanced, while 98 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 7.68% to 15.8950.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.29% or 22.75 to $1787.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.16% or 0.82 to hit $71.69 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.04% or 0.77 to trade at $74.65 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.30% to 76.113, while EUR/INR fell 0.10% to 86.0640.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 96.190.