Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Healthcare and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.00%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which rose 7.02% or 23.75 points to trade at 362.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 5.20% or 28.15 points to end at 569.40 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 4.38% or 36.90 points to 880.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which fell 1.57% or 40.65 points to trade at 2554.45 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) declined 0.73% or 51.70 points to end at 7004.00 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was down 0.67% or 2.55 points to 379.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 5.16% to 568.90, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 3.46% to settle at 4851.75 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which gained 3.26% to close at 3149.90.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 0.74% to 80.20 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 0.63% to settle at 7009.95 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 0.47% to 850.45 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1109 to 499 and 98 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1693 rose and 975 declined, while 178 ended unchanged.
Shares in JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) rose to 52-week highs; rising 7.02% or 23.75 to 362.00. Shares in Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.20% or 28.15 to 569.40. Shares in Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.38% or 36.90 to 880.00. Shares in Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.16% or 27.90 to 568.90.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 13.43% to 20.0225.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.35% or 6.30 to $1811.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.40% or 0.64 to hit $45.07 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.62 to trade at $47.91 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 73.855, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 87.9570.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 92.040.