Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.40% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 4.10% or 39.70 points to trade at 1010.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 4.04% or 121.85 points to end at 3139.25 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 3.54% or 39.80 points to 1162.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which fell 2.39% or 7.10 points to trade at 288.70 at the close. Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) declined 2.11% or 16.65 points to end at 773.35 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was down 1.94% or 40.70 points to 2060.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 4.04% to 3137.30, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 3.41% to settle at 1162.25 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 1.63% to close at 548.30.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 1.97% to 2058.80 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 1.51% to settle at 598.55 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.17% to 254.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 967 to 623 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1495 fell and 1107 advanced, while 143 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.09% to 14.5600.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.84% or 11.40 to $1348.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.22% or 0.15 to hit $66.67 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.25 to trade at $71.81 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.25% to 65.355, while EUR/INR fell 0.15% to 80.5960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 89.49.