Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the gained 0.01%, while the index fell 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:), which rose 5.92% or 60.85 points to trade at 1,088.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:) added 4.83% or 15.45 points to end at 335.00 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:) was up 3.68% or 11.60 points to 326.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Axis Bank Ltd (NS:), which fell 5.10% or 63.25 points to trade at 1,176.00 at the close. Nestle India Ltd (NS:) declined 2.50% or 63.45 points to end at 2,477.95 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:) was down 2.14% or 26.15 points to 1,196.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:) which rose 5.68% to 1,086.00, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:) which was up 2.94% to settle at 3,623.00 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:) which gained 2.36% to close at 1,658.00.
The worst performers were Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:) which was down 5.18% to 1,175.50 in late trade, Nestle India Ltd (BO:) which lost 2.63% to settle at 2,477.00 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which was down 2.07% to 3,401.20 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1132 to 1050 and 22 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2040 rose and 1718 declined, while 106 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tata Motors Ltd (NS:) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.92% or 60.85 to 1,088.55. Shares in Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:) rose to all time highs; rising 4.83% or 15.45 to 335.00. Shares in Tata Motors Ltd (BO:) rose to all time highs; rising 5.68% or 58.35 to 1,086.00. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:) rose to all time highs; up 2.36% or 38.25 to 1,658.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.38% to 12.51.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.72% or 41.50 to $2,374.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.79% or 1.39 to hit $76.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.75% or 1.43 to trade at $80.28 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 83.74, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 90.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 103.94.
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