Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Public Sector Undertakings and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.10% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which rose 2.20% or 314.60 points to trade at 14858.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) added 3.51% or 40.65 points to end at 1201.90 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was up 3.36% or 15.00 points to 461.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which fell 2.71% or 4.05 points to trade at 144.25 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) declined 2.04% or 35.20 points to end at 1692.70 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was down 1.45% or 2.60 points to 175.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 3.23% to 461.20, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 2.96% to settle at 337.85 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which gained 2.91% to close at 51.35.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 3.45% to 144.20 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 2.75% to settle at 72.60 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 2.10% to 1693.05 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 819 to 725 and 91 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1201 rose and 1188 declined, while 161 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.67% to 12.3250.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.24% or 3.50 to $1480.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.41% or 0.25 to hit $60.93 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.26 to trade at $66.28 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.06% to 71.124, while EUR/INR fell 0.10% to 79.0650.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.000.