Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Banking and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.53%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which rose 3.96% or 122.95 points to trade at 3227.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 3.52% or 14.75 points to end at 433.70 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was up 3.25% or 28.80 points to 914.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which fell 3.10% or 43.20 points to trade at 1349.00 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) declined 3.00% or 74.85 points to end at 2419.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was down 2.54% or 172.80 points to 6643.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 3.67% to 3218.95, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 2.89% to settle at 105.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 2.69% to close at 575.50.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 2.65% to 1361.50 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 2.54% to settle at 858.30 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 2.44% to 6652.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1036 to 600 and 78 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1611 fell and 1176 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) rose to all time highs; up 3.25% or 28.80 to 914.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.10% to 20.8900.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.59% or 10.30 to $1746.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.41% or 0.26 to hit $62.89 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.21 to trade at $66.37 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.08% to 75.112, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 89.8900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 91.672.