Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumer Durables and Green Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.84%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC), which rose 5.37% or 123.15 points to trade at 2,415.25 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) added 4.47% or 115.70 points to end at 2,703.00 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 4.39% or 28.75 points to 684.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which lost 1.84% or 34.80 points to trade at 1,854.60 in late trade. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 0.69% or 7.30 points to end at 1,048.50 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) shed 0.49% or 0.60 points to 121.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which rose 5.50% to 2,414.25, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 4.50% to settle at 2,703.25 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which gained 3.29% to close at 1,819.25.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.81% to 1,854.40 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which lost 0.23% to settle at 1,196.55 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 0.15% to 132.85 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1182 to 641 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2007 rose and 1286 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 6.25% to 22.61.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.81% or 34.65 to $1,943.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 4.53% or 4.31 to hit $99.35 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 4.93% or 4.83 to trade at $102.85 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.26% to 75.83, while EUR/INR fell 0.41% to 83.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 98.30.