Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Banking and Consumer Durables sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.94% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which rose 2.52% or 109.65 points to trade at 4,464.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) added 2.41% or 45.60 points to end at 1,934.85 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 2.28% or 76.60 points to 3,441.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL), which fell 1.43% or 20.75 points to trade at 1,431.85 at the close. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) declined 1.19% or 107.20 points to end at 8,891.95 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) was down 1.09% or 7.10 points to 643.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 2.29% to 4,455.00, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 2.26% to settle at 3,438.55 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 2.20% to close at 1,931.90.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 0.82% to 369.65 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 0.06% to settle at 2,458.10 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 0.01% to 999.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1251 to 1198 and 176 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2016 rose and 1769 declined, while 117 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.78% to 14.34.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.11% or 2.99 to $2,673.21 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $68.79 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.23 to trade at $72.54 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 84.69, while EUR/INR rose 0.16% to 89.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 106.17.