India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.15%

Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Real Estate and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.15%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.29%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 2.37% or 9.80 points to trade at 423.95 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) added 1.75% or 32.25 points to end at 1,871.95 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 1.49% or 55.60 points to 3,780.95 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which lost 3.47% or 11.65 points to trade at 324.45 in late trade. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) declined 1.88% or 9.15 points to end at 477.95 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) shed 1.77% or 5.15 points to 285.25.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.48% to 424.10, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 1.95% to settle at 1,874.90 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which gained 1.86% to close at 3,793.00.

The worst performers were Larsen&Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 1.18% to 3,685.65 in late trade, JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which lost 0.91% to settle at 946.90 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 0.87% to 4,308.85 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1840 to 627 and 109 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2639 fell and 1168 advanced, while 91 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.94% to 12.44 a new 1-month low.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.50% or 13.10 to $2,611.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.89% or 0.62 to hit $70.50 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.57 to trade at $74.22 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.03% to 83.66, while EUR/INR rose 0.43% to 93.45.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 100.33.