Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Auto, Capital Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.20%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 11.43% or 11.80 points to trade at 114.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) added 8.55% or 47.50 points to end at 599.75 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was up 3.68% or 13.80 points to 390.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which fell 8.45% or 80.30 points to trade at 870.25 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 2.48% or 7.30 points to end at 286.95 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) was down 1.34% or 5.45 points to 401.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 10.94% to 114.55, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 4.01% to settle at 390.60 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 3.80% to close at 1435.50.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.26% to 1806.85 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 0.16% to settle at 2425.50 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 0.07% to 277.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 992 to 603 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1465 rose and 984 declined, while 128 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.96% to 14.0000.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 2.67% or 36.05 to $1384.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 3.50% or 1.89 to hit $55.86 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.75% or 1.70 to trade at $63.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 69.582, while EUR/INR rose 0.59% to 78.6275.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 96.203.