Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Technology and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.71% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 3.32% or 4.35 points to trade at 135.10 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 2.05% or 6.95 points to end at 346.70 and Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) was up 2.34% or 3.55 points to 155.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which lost 2.22% or 453.75 points to trade at 19891.50 in late trade. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) declined 2.57% or 10.90 points to end at 412.75 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) shed 2.13% or 7.95 points to 365.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 3.44% to 135.35, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 2.33% to settle at 346.60 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 2.07% to close at 3481.00.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 2.39% to 412.75 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 1.61% to settle at 661.45 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 1.35% to 1586.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 827 to 749 and 75 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1275 fell and 1195 advanced, while 146 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.86% to 15.6100 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.43% or 5.45 to $1275.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.17% or 0.10 to hit $58.91 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.40 to trade at $67.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.09% to 69.873, while EUR/INR rose 0.16% to 77.8490.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 98.045.