Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Auto, Capital Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.20%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 11.43% or 11.80 points to trade at 114.55 at the close. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) added 8.55% or 47.50 points to end at 599.75 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was up 3.68% or 13.80 points to 390.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which lost 8.45% or 80.30 points to trade at 870.25 in late trade. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 2.48% or 7.30 points to end at 286.95 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) shed 1.34% or 5.45 points to 401.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 10.94% to 114.55, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 4.01% to settle at 390.60 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 3.80% to close at 1435.50.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.26% to 1806.85 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 0.16% to settle at 2425.50 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 0.07% to 277.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 992 to 603 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1465 rose and 984 declined, while 128 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.96% to 14.0000.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 2.68% or 36.15 to $1384.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 3.52% or 1.90 to hit $55.87 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.77% or 1.71 to trade at $63.53 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 69.582, while EUR/INR rose 0.59% to 78.6275.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 96.197.