Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Public Sector Undertakings and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.28% to hit a new 3-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 23.77% or 13.50 points to trade at 70.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 10.78% or 25.35 points to end at 260.60 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 7.80% or 22.60 points to 312.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which fell 2.86% or 6.70 points to trade at 228.00 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 2.04% or 15.40 points to end at 739.00 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was down 2.06% or 8.00 points to 380.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 24.03% to 70.45, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 7.69% to settle at 312.25 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 3.79% to close at 685.50.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 2.09% to 738.80 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 1.95% to settle at 380.50 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.77% to 605.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 977 to 572 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1469 rose and 965 declined, while 136 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.27% to 16.2800.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.77% or 11.55 to $1508.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.22% or 0.12 to hit $54.94 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.07 to trade at $60.17 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 70.987, while EUR/INR rose 0.23% to 79.2755.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 97.067.