India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.81%

Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Auto , Metals and Banking sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.81% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.78%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI ), which rose 4.68% or 598.50 points to trade at 13,383.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS ) added 3.15% or 83.85 points to end at 2,745.85 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO ) was up 3.07% or 29.55 points to 993.15 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL ), which fell 1.30% or 21.40 points to trade at 1,621.80 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC ) declined 1.17% or 3.50 points to end at 295.20 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART ) was down 0.84% or 31.70 points to 3,762.15.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI ) which rose 4.55% to 13,357.00, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO ) which was up 2.85% to settle at 991.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS ) which gained 2.58% to close at 1,976.00.

The worst performers were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART ) which was down 0.94% to 3,760.25 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC ) which lost 0.66% to settle at 433.40 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY ) which was down 0.21% to 1,892.10 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1536 to 934 and 109 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2232 fell and 1567 advanced, while 103 ended unchanged.

Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI ) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.68% or 598.50 to 13,383.80. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI ) rose to all time highs; rising 4.55% or 581.00 to 13,357.00. Shares in Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS ) rose to all time highs; rising 2.58% or 49.65 to 1,976.00.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 7.12% to 11.84 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 10.65 to $2,695.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.54% or 1.07 to hit $68.62 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.47% or 1.07 to trade at $71.83 a barrel.

USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 83.63, while EUR/INR rose 0.13% to 93.23.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 100.49.

Source: Investing.com