Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.68% to hit a new 3-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which rose 4.05% or 42.10 points to trade at 1082.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 2.89% or 10.60 points to end at 377.35 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was up 2.46% or 6.70 points to 279.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which fell 4.21% or 25.40 points to trade at 581.95 at the close. Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) declined 2.87% or 6.25 points to end at 211.40 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) was down 2.04% or 64.45 points to 3096.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 4.42% to 1082.20, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was up 2.44% to settle at 279.50 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 1.94% to close at 1299.75.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 3.05% to 211.35 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.95% to settle at 1294.60 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 1.68% to 152.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 922 to 686 and 55 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1439 fell and 1116 advanced, while 157 ended unchanged.
Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) rose to all time highs; rising 4.05% or 42.10 to 1082.35. Shares in UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.21% or 25.40 to 581.95. Shares in Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.87% or 6.25 to 211.40. Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.42% or 45.85 to 1082.20. Shares in Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.05% or 6.65 to 211.35. Shares in Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) fell to 3-years lows; down 1.68% or 2.60 to 152.30.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.11% to 12.5050.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1244.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.81% or 0.57 to hit $70.95 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 1.02 to trade at $74.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.45% to 68.535, while EUR/INR fell 0.24% to 80.0370.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.58.