© Reuters India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.15%
Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the added 0.15%, while the index added 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:), which rose 2.47% or 80.65 points to trade at 3,340.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:) added 2.44% or 10.35 points to end at 435.20 and Infosys Ltd (NS:) was up 2.39% or 31.80 points to 1,365.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:), which fell 3.55% or 8.95 points to trade at 243.10 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:) declined 1.91% or 188.25 points to end at 9,647.55 and Coal India Ltd (NS:) was down 1.86% or 4.35 points to 230.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:) which rose 2.47% to 3,340.65, Infosys Ltd (BO:) which was up 2.40% to settle at 1,365.30 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.51% to close at 1,616.30.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:) which was down 3.63% to 243.15 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:) which lost 1.86% to settle at 9,653.20 and NTPC Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.44% to 187.95 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1310 to 635 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2050 fell and 1278 advanced, while 136 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was unchanged 0.02% to 10.94.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.17% or 3.25 to $1,964.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.24% or 0.18 to hit $75.93 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.25 to trade at $80.36 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 82.09, while EUR/INR rose 0.44% to 91.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 99.97.
