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 gained 0.06% to hit a new all time high, while the index gained 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:), which rose 2.73% or 26.65 points to trade at 1,002.30 at the close. Meanwhile, ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:) added 2.53% or 30.35 points to end at 1,231.95 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:) was up 2.51% or 37.15 points to 1,518.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:), which fell 2.30% or 40.65 points to trade at 1,728.00 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:) declined 2.05% or 148.95 points to end at 7,109.85 and Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:) was down 1.47% or 47.05 points to 3,143.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:) which rose 2.70% to 1,002.00, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:) which was up 2.69% to settle at 1,520.55 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:) which gained 2.54% to close at 1,231.75.
The worst performers were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:) which was down 2.25% to 1,728.60 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.97% to settle at 7,109.10 and Wipro Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.26% to 532.25 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1199 to 1059 and 24 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2058 rose and 1723 declined, while 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.53% or 30.35 to 1,231.95. Shares in ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:) rose to all time highs; up 2.54% or 30.50 to 1,231.75.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.65% to 12.85 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.11% or 2.60 to $2,366.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.61% or 0.51 to hit $83.37 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.55% or 0.48 to trade at $86.86 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 83.49, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 90.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 104.92.
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