Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Auto and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher while losses in the Metals, Banking and Consumer Durables sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 5.92% or 60.85 points to trade at 1,088.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 4.83% or 15.45 points to end at 335.00 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 3.68% or 11.60 points to 326.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Axis Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which fell 5.10% or 63.25 points to trade at 1,176.00 at the close. Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) declined 2.50% or 63.45 points to end at 2,477.95 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was down 2.14% or 26.15 points to 1,196.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which rose 5.68% to 1,086.00, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 2.94% to settle at 3,623.00 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 2.36% to close at 1,658.00.
The worst performers were Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 5.18% to 1,175.50 in late trade, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which lost 2.63% to settle at 2,477.00 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 2.07% to 3,401.20 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1132 to 1050 and 22 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2040 rose and 1718 declined, while 106 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.92% or 60.85 to 1,088.55. Shares in Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) rose to all time highs; rising 4.83% or 15.45 to 335.00. Shares in Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) rose to all time highs; rising 5.68% or 58.35 to 1,086.00. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) rose to all time highs; up 2.36% or 38.25 to 1,658.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.38% to 12.51.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.72% or 41.50 to $2,374.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.79% or 1.39 to hit $76.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.75% or 1.43 to trade at $80.28 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 83.74, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 90.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 103.94.