Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Public Sector Undertakings and Auto sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.52%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 6.86% or 11.10 points to trade at 173.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 5.84% or 2.50 points to end at 45.35 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) was up 3.72% or 5.15 points to 144.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which fell 2.63% or 18.95 points to trade at 702.10 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 1.56% or 2.00 points to end at 125.90 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was down 1.43% or 7.80 points to 536.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which rose 7.23% to 70.45, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was up 7.17% to settle at 173.35 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which gained 5.96% to close at 45.35.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 2.63% to 701.85 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 1.68% to settle at 125.85 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 1.51% to 535.65 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 941 to 622 and 79 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1312 rose and 1005 declined, while 164 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.22% to 13.3475.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.25% or 3.75 to $1478.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.61% or 0.36 to hit $59.12 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.62 to trade at $64.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.14% to 70.800, while EUR/INR rose 0.17% to 78.8075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 97.140.