Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Public Sector Undertakings and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher while losses in the IT, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK), which rose 6.30% or 15.00 points to trade at 253.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Punjab National Bank (NS:PNBK) added 5.10% or 4.30 points to end at 88.60 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 3.76% or 7.05 points to 194.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wipro Ltd . (NS:WIPR), which fell 7.05% or 42.40 points to trade at 558.85 at the close. Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) declined 3.75% or 14.500 points to end at 371.850 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL) was down 3.05% or 4.05 points to 128.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which rose 6.26% to 253.05, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 3.68% to settle at 194.20 and Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which gained 2.89% to close at 286.70.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was down 7.01% to 559.20 in late trade, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which lost 2.86% to settle at 129.05 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was down 1.72% to 2988.50 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 883 to 561 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 501 fell and 318 advanced, while 30 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.29% to 16.5125.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.57% or 7.10 to $1261.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.29% or 0.13 to hit $44.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.18 to trade at $45.98 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.14% to 66.335, while EUR/INR rose 0.32% to 74.9920.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 94.47.