Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Power and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.32% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which rose 6.40% or 17.40 points to trade at 287.70 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) added 3.51% or 9.65 points to end at 285.65 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 3.62% or 35.70 points to 1024.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which lost 3.78% or 368.95 points to trade at 9396.25 in late trade. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) declined 4.03% or 15.45 points to end at 369.75 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) shed 2.21% or 3.60 points to 158.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 5.62% to 286.70, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 4.08% to settle at 285.80 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 4.04% to close at 182.75.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 3.70% to 9396.65 in late trade, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which lost 3.61% to settle at 369.60 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 1.08% to 1434.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 818 to 772 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1295 rose and 1190 declined, while 135 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.47% to 12.0275 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.30% or 3.70 to $1228.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $69.23 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.37 to trade at $74.30 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.09% to 68.665, while EUR/INR fell 0.20% to 80.4465.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 94.07.