Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Power and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.76% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE), which rose 4.82% or 14.95 points to trade at 325.25 at the close. TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC) added 4.52% or 21.65 points to end at 500.70 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 4.40% or 8.40 points to 199.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hero MotoCorp Limited (NS:HROM), which lost 1.45% or 49.30 points to trade at 3351.80 in late trade. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 0.72% or 2.60 points to end at 360.60 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) shed 0.62% or 8.15 points to 1296.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which rose 4.73% to 324.55, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was up 4.30% to settle at 499.15 and Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which gained 2.31% to close at 2936.70.
The worst performers were Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was down 1.32% to 3354.50 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 0.80% to settle at 360.25 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 0.54% to 1297.35 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1056 to 443 and 74 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1754 rose and 1004 declined, while 173 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.13% to 11.9100 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 2.00% or 24.05 to $1224.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.74% or 0.36 to hit $49.22 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.40 to trade at $52.21 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.33% to 65.451, while EUR/INR fell 0.37% to 70.1848.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 100.46.