India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.40%
Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, IT and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.40% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 3.58% or 38.45 points to trade at 1,113.00 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) added 2.61% or 44.80 points to end at 1,758.30 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 2.59% or 179.00 points to 7,079.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which lost 1.50% or 40.60 points to trade at 2,674.95 in late trade. Mahindra&Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 1.22% or 34.00 points to end at 2,764.00 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) shed 1.16% or 11.05 points to 938.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which rose 3.57% to 1,112.95, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was up 2.57% to settle at 1,758.00 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 2.41% to close at 7,065.00.
The worst performers were Mahindra&Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.11% to 2,766.00 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 0.82% to settle at 1,799.00 and JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which was down 0.73% to 942.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1694 to 759 and 22 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2438 fell and 1347 advanced, while 98 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.34% to 13.90.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.69% or 17.50 to $2,555.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $74.64 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $77.58 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 83.90, while EUR/INR fell 0.30% to 93.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 101.11.
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