Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Green Energy and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.25%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which rose 6.87% or 44.75 points to trade at 698.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 2.52% or 8.90 points to end at 362.75 and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) was up 1.40% or 9.65 points to 703.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which fell 3.06% or 3.05 points to trade at 96.25 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 3.14% or 16.00 points to end at 495.30 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was down 2.90% or 38.50 points to 1290.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 2.53% to 362.35, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was up 1.76% to settle at 165.20 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 1.61% to close at 1493.75.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 3.56% to 96.25 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.97% to settle at 495.35 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 1.37% to 1038.10 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 795 to 776 and 72 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1188 rose and 1166 declined, while 156 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.06% or 3.05 to 96.25. Shares in Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.56% or 3.55 to 96.25.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.20% to 13.5300 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.23% or 3.20 to $1417.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.40% or 0.23 to hit $57.11 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $63.80 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.39% to 68.520, while EUR/INR fell 0.29% to 77.3525.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 96.312.