Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Auto, IT and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.05%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which rose 4.75% or 470.75 points to trade at 10,384.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) added 1.72% or 9.10 points to end at 537.95 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was up 1.59% or 23.65 points to 1,510.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which fell 1.77% or 5.75 points to trade at 318.60 at the close. LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM) declined 1.27% or 72.40 points to end at 5,632.00 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was down 1.16% or 6.00 points to 513.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which rose 1.58% to 1,085.50, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 1.44% to settle at 1,775.75 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 1.40% to close at 1,507.05.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 1.17% to 1,592.00 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 1.07% to settle at 513.20 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 0.93% to 1,660.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1315 to 1142 and 24 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1992 rose and 1783 declined, while 108 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) rose to all time highs; rising 4.75% or 470.75 to 10,384.95. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.44% or 25.15 to 1,775.75.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.88% to 13.51.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.63% or 15.95 to $2,532.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.14% or 0.83 to hit $73.84 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.78 to trade at $78.00 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 83.90, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 93.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 101.33.