India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.37%

India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.37%

© Reuters. India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.37%

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 0.37%, while the index climbed 0.17%.

The best performers of the session on the were JSW Steel Ltd (NS:), which rose 9.21% or 51.80 points to trade at 614.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Steel Ltd (NS:) added 4.98% or 43.55 points to end at 918.40 and Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:) was up 4.47% or 1352.00 points to 31582.65 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:), which fell 1.13% or 10.65 points to trade at 934.90 at the close. SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:) declined 1.09% or 10.00 points to end at 908.50 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:) was down 1.09% or 6.80 points to 614.25.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:) which rose 4.24% to 7042.95, Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which was up 3.95% to settle at 1573.75 and Tech Mahindra Ltd