Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.65%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 7.26% or 411.90 points to trade at 6086.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) added 3.76% or 434.25 points to end at 11993.10 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 2.56% or 10.80 points to 432.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which fell 1.51% or 3.20 points to trade at 209.30 at the close. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) declined 1.06% or 44.60 points to end at 4179.90 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was down 0.88% or 24.00 points to 2705.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 7.29% to 6087.60, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was up 3.75% to settle at 11991.60 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 2.56% to close at 432.25.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 1.41% to 209.40 in late trade, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which lost 0.91% to settle at 4184.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 0.56% to 7199.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1385 to 323 and 28 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2353 rose and 693 declined, while 132 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) rose to all time highs; rising 7.26% or 411.90 to 6086.40. Shares in Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) rose to all time highs; gaining 7.29% or 413.45 to 6087.60.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.69% to 15.0025.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.71% or 13.45 to $1882.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $70.04 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.12 to trade at $72.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 73.073, while EUR/INR rose 0.05% to 88.9230.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 90.177.