Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Auto, IT and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.74% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which rose 3.23% or 266.20 points to trade at 8,498.45 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) added 3.00% or 115.05 points to end at 3,951.40 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 2.85% or 46.70 points to 1,683.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which lost 1.85% or 28.10 points to trade at 1,489.15 in late trade. HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) declined 1.36% or 19.60 points to end at 1,419.55 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) shed 1.22% or 21.35 points to 1,724.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 3.12% to 1,686.75, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 2.73% to settle at 414.30 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 2.61% to close at 1,908.60.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 1.87% to 1,489.15 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 1.28% to settle at 1,419.80 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 0.93% to 1,729.75 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1148 to 985 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1983 rose and 1688 declined, while 117 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.58% to 15.20.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.32% or 6.55 to $2,040.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.60% or 0.47 to hit $78.38 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.47 to trade at $83.50 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 82.83, while EUR/INR rose 0.21% to 89.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 103.59.