Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Power and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.22%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which rose 8.57% or 39.10 points to trade at 492.55 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 6.94% or 33.55 points to end at 514.70 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 5.30% or 25.05 points to 497.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which lost 0.87% or 2.30 points to trade at 262.80 in late trade. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) declined 0.61% or 16.05 points to end at 2617.25 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) shed 0.50% or 3.00 points to 593.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which rose 7.99% to 492.80, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 6.08% to settle at 513.35 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 3.29% to close at 1140.50.
The worst performers were Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was down 0.64% to 263.30 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 0.52% to settle at 2617.65 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 0.50% to 592.50 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1165 to 402 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1842 rose and 788 declined, while 144 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.40% to 14.2725.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.71% or 9.00 to $1257.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.48% or 0.27 to hit $56.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.70% or 0.43 to trade at $61.65 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.06% to 64.565, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 76.0891.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.67.