India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.17%

Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables , Metals and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.17%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.18%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS ), which rose 2.65% or 71.15 points to trade at 2,756.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN ) added 2.49% or 29.35 points to end at 1,206.90 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI ) was up 1.60% or 23.45 points to 1,486.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR ), which fell 1.35% or 7.10 points to trade at 519.25 at the close. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC ) declined 1.25% or 5.10 points to end at 403.85 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO ) was down 1.22% or 13.20 points to 1,072.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI ) which rose 1.60% to 1,487.65, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC ) which was up 1.38% to settle at 154.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK ) which gained 1.38% to close at 1,190.90.

The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR ) which was down 1.22% to 519.25 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC ) which lost 1.20% to settle at 403.80 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM ) which was down 1.20% to 2,736.90 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1562 to 974 and 19 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2339 rose and 1468 declined, while 85 ended unchanged.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.44% to 13.01.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.14% or 3.55 to $2,543.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.25% or 0.18 to hit $72.11 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.31 to trade at $76.36 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.05% to 83.93, while EUR/INR fell 0.08% to 93.47.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 101.16.

Source: Investing.com