Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Durables and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty rose 1.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Reliance Industries Ltd (NSE:RELI), which rose 5.13% or 47.75 points to trade at 978.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Lupin Ltd (NSE:LUPN) added 3.65% or 63.15 points to end at 1794.85 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) was up 2.88% or 23.35 points to 833.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tech Mahindra Limited (NSE:TEML), which fell 1.45% or 7.95 points to trade at 541.20 at the close. Bank Of Baroda (NSE:BOB) declined 1.42% or 2.00 points to end at 138.65 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NSE:ZEE) was down 1.17% or 4.10 points to 347.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 5.15% to 979.05, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 2.16% to settle at 312.65 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 1.82% to close at 3877.00.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was down 100.00% to 0.01 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 100.00% to settle at 0.01 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was down 100.00% to 0.01 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 928 to 493 and 5 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 434 rose and 302 declined, while 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bank Of Baroda (NSE:BOB) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.42% or 2.00 to 138.65. Shares in Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) fell to all time lows; falling 100.00% or 433.69 to 0.01. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) fell to 3-years highs; down 100.00% or 421.09 to 0.01. Shares in Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) fell to all time lows; down 100.00% or 545.79 to 0.01.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 4.26% to 16.0150 a new 1-month low.
Gold for August delivery was up 1.56% or 18.30 to $1195.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.17% or 0.70 to hit $61.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.32% or 0.84 to trade at $64.71 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.16% to 63.800, while EUR/INR rose 0.14% to 72.6770.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 93.95.