Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.09%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 3.90% or 6.60 points to trade at 175.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) added 3.18% or 18.30 points to end at 592.90 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) was up 2.84% or 16.80 points to 609.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which fell 1.25% or 15.70 points to trade at 1237.35 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 0.97% or 3.75 points to end at 381.80 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) was down 0.82% or 152.70 points to 18580.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which rose 2.94% to 609.75, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 2.67% to settle at 589.85 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 2.58% to close at 1993.90.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.30% to 1236.70 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 0.70% to settle at 850.85 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 0.67% to 18598.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 947 to 705 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1597 rose and 1228 declined, while 171 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.18% or 18.30 to 592.90. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.67% or 15.35 to 589.85.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.57% to 19.9675.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.01% or 0.25 to $1878.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.29% or 0.14 to hit $47.98 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.14 to trade at $51.10 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.33% to 73.524, while EUR/INR fell 0.24% to 89.6775.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 90.135.