Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Banking and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.53% to hit a new 6-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd. (NS:GRAS), which rose 2.86% or 132.25 points to trade at 4760.75 at the close. Meanwhile, ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) added 2.85% or 7.45 points to end at 268.60 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was up 2.47% or 106.90 points to 4428.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which fell 1.54% or 3.60 points to trade at 230.55 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 1.47% or 17.55 points to end at 1176.25 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was down 1.28% or 10.00 points to 768.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which rose 2.72% to 268.25, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 2.44% to settle at 4425.55 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which gained 2.08% to close at 144.50.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 1.53% to 231.00 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.45% to settle at 1175.85 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.26% to 1445.95 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 898 to 566 and 59 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 975 rose and 617 declined, while 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grasim Industries Ltd. (NS:GRAS) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.86% or 132.25 to 4760.75.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.86% to 15.6100.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.06% or 14.20 to $1329.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.16% or 0.52 to hit $45.27 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.15% or 0.53 to trade at $46.79 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.13% to 66.915, while EUR/INR fell 0.05% to 74.2890.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 96.30.