India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.14% By Investing.com
Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the added 0.14%, while the index added 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:), which rose 5.22% or 61.75 points to trade at 1,243.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:) added 1.60% or 46.95 points to end at 2,975.65 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:) was up 1.59% or 22.05 points to 1,409.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:), which fell 0.95% or 21.60 points to trade at 2,262.40 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:) declined 0.91% or 30.35 points to end at 3,323.05 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:) was down 0.80% or 7.40 points to 914.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which rose 1.68% to 2,979.60, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:) which was up 1.49% to settle at 10,895.00 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:) which gained 1.31% to close at 1,841.50.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.06% to 3,320.50 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) which lost 0.99% to settle at 2,261.60 and JSW Steel Ltd (BO:) which was down 0.79% to 915.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1571 to 919 and 156 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2231 fell and 1564 advanced, while 99 ended unchanged.
Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 0.95% or 21.60 to 2,262.40. Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) fell to 3-years lows; down 0.99% or 22.55 to 2,261.60.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.47% to 14.03.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 7.64 to $2,643.14 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.51% or 0.36 to hit $70.46 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.36 to trade at $73.53 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 85.27, while EUR/INR unchanged 0.00% to 88.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 107.92.
