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 0.92%, while the index added 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:), which rose 3.91% or 90.00 points to trade at 2,392.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:) added 2.91% or 31.10 points to end at 1,100.00 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:) was up 2.60% or 34.10 points to 1,344.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:), which fell 2.15% or 274.85 points to trade at 12,492.45 at the close. Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:) declined 1.00% or 59.00 points to end at 5,816.00 and State Bank Of India (NS:) was down 0.94% or 7.70 points to 812.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which rose 3.93% to 2,393.00, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which was up 2.38% to settle at 1,342.95 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:) which gained 2.34% to close at 1,304.45.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:) which was down 2.16% to 12,500.00 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:) which lost 0.91% to settle at 812.90 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:) which was down 0.90% to 312.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1238 to 949 and 55 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2025 rose and 1656 declined, while 116 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:) rose to all time highs; rising 3.91% or 90.00 to 2,392.30. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:) rose to all time highs; rising 2.60% or 34.10 to 1,344.00. Shares in Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.93% or 90.45 to 2,393.00. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) rose to all time highs; rising 2.38% or 31.20 to 1,342.95.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.37% to 20.00.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.29% or 7.05 to $2,387.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.45% or 0.35 to hit $78.28 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.36 to trade at $82.39 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.10% to 83.50, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 90.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 104.30.