India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Auto, Metals and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.81% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which rose 4.68% or 598.50 points to trade at 13,383.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) added 3.15% or 83.85 points to end at 2,745.85 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 3.07% or 29.55 points to 993.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which fell 1.30% or 21.40 points to trade at 1,621.80 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 1.17% or 3.50 points to end at 295.20 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) was down 0.84% or 31.70 points to 3,762.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 4.55% to 13,357.00, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was up 2.85% to settle at 991.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 2.58% to close at 1,976.00.
The worst performers were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 0.94% to 3,760.25 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 0.66% to settle at 433.40 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 0.21% to 1,892.10 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1536 to 934 and 109 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2232 fell and 1567 advanced, while 103 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.68% or 598.50 to 13,383.80. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) rose to all time highs; rising 4.55% or 581.00 to 13,357.00. Shares in Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) rose to all time highs; rising 2.58% or 49.65 to 1,976.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 7.12% to 11.84 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 10.65 to $2,695.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.54% or 1.07 to hit $68.62 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.47% or 1.07 to trade at $71.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 83.63, while EUR/INR rose 0.13% to 93.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 100.49.
