Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Metals and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.75%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Axis Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which rose 5.95% or 63.30 points to trade at 1,126.55 at the close. Meanwhile, State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 5.03% or 38.90 points to end at 812.00 and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was up 5.03% or 299.20 points to 6,250.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which fell 10.73% or 197.80 points to trade at 1,645.00 at the close. LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM) declined 1.90% or 89.80 points to end at 4,637.00 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was down 1.13% or 25.65 points to 2,234.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which rose 6.00% to 1,127.50, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 5.17% to settle at 6,259.00 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 4.97% to close at 811.65.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 10.71% to 1,645.65 in late trade, LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which lost 1.92% to settle at 4,641.85 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 1.05% to 3,569.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1184 to 1003 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1960 rose and 1691 declined, while 137 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) fell to 52-week lows; falling 10.73% or 197.80 to 1,645.00. Shares in State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) rose to all time highs; rising 5.03% or 38.90 to 812.00. Shares in Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) fell to 52-week lows; down 10.71% or 197.40 to 1,645.65. Shares in State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.97% or 38.45 to 811.65.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.43% to 10.73.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.00% or 0.10 to $2,338.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $82.84 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $88.07 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 83.32, while EUR/INR rose 0.28% to 89.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 105.45.