India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.10%

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 rose 0.10%, while the index gained 0.14%.

The best performers of the session on the were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:), which rose 4.29% or 884.25 points to trade at 21509.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Nestle India Ltd (NS:) added 3.42% or 508.25 points to end at 15368.45 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:) was up 2.79% or 7.60 points to 280.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NTPC Ltd (NS:), which fell 2.30% or 2.85 points to trade at 121.00 at the close. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:) declined 2.04% or 5.75 points to end at 276.75 and Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:) was down 2.04% or 5.05 points to 242.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Nestle India Ltd (BO:) which rose 3.23% to 15347.25, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:) which was up 1.38% to settle at 1700.60 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:) which gained 1.36% to close at 2047.85.

The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.94% to 121.40 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.70% to settle at 2433.25 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.54% to 494.20 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 905 to 619 and 100 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1412 rose and 1025 declined, while 169 ended unchanged.

Shares in Nestle India Ltd (NS:) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.42% or 508.25 to 15368.45. Shares in Nestle India Ltd (BO:) rose to all time highs; rising 3.23% or 479.65 to 15347.25.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.44% to 14.1825.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.09% or 1.35 to $1555.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.40% or 0.23 to hit $58.04 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.42 to trade at $64.42 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.31% to 70.930, while EUR/INR rose 0.39% to 79.1405.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.925.

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