Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, IT and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.18% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which rose 2.30% or 24.25 points to trade at 1075.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) added 1.98% or 23.85 points to end at 1228.65 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 1.39% or 7.55 points to 551.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which fell 1.95% or 33.80 points to trade at 1700.30 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 2.04% or 6.65 points to end at 321.10 and Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ) was down 1.52% or 4.20 points to 271.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 2.28% to 1075.60, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 1.66% to settle at 514.75 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 0.99% to close at 1742.50.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.53% to 321.05 in late trade, Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which lost 1.15% to settle at 611.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 0.82% to 309.45 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 859 to 740 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1562 rose and 1300 declined, while 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.30% or 24.25 to 1075.80. Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.39% or 7.55 to 551.70. Shares in Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.28% or 24.00 to 1075.60.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.16% to 14.0125.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1319.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.64% or 0.41 to hit $63.98 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.28 to trade at $69.48 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.18% to 63.655, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 76.0534.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 92.17.