Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Real Estate and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.96%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which rose 8.21% or 46.75 points to trade at 612.65 at the close. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) added 6.44% or 35.40 points to end at 584.10 and Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ) was up 7.13% or 17.70 points to 261.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (NS:IOC), which lost 4.71% or 19.05 points to trade at 385.60 in late trade. Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) declined 2.45% or 15.10 points to end at 601.85 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) shed 1.15% or 2.25 points to 193.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which rose 7.83% to 613.70, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 6.32% to settle at 583.40 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 3.18% to close at 2178.95.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.20% to 193.55 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 0.70% to settle at 374.85 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 0.70% to 163.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1372 to 231 and 27 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2117 rose and 617 declined, while 115 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 8.70% to 17.7725.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.13% or 1.70 to $1312.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.78% or 0.48 to hit $61.31 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.69% or 0.45 to trade at $65.06 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.18% to 64.285, while EUR/INR fell 0.17% to 78.6987.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 90.35.