Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.59% to hit a new 52-week high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which rose 6.23% or 66.20 points to trade at 1128.00 at the close. Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) added 5.11% or 19.450 points to end at 400.000 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was up 4.51% or 205.35 points to 4763.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC), which lost 3.64% or 13.20 points to trade at 349.85 in late trade. Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML) declined 2.55% or 12.70 points to end at 485.55 and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) shed 1.93% or 15.30 points to 779.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 4.47% to 4762.70, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 2.48% to settle at 253.90 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 1.99% to close at 823.80.
The worst performers were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was down 3.47% to 350.30 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which lost 1.51% to settle at 1576.95 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 0.98% to 543.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 818 to 653 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 908 rose and 690 declined, while 78 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.81% to 15.1475.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.94% or 12.55 to $1347.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $41.91 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.13 to trade at $43.78 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.00% to 67.070, while EUR/INR rose 0.29% to 74.3700.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 96.52.