Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.13%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which rose 5.33% or 16.15 points to trade at 319.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 3.23% or 5.65 points to end at 180.35 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 3.00% or 10.05 points to 345.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC), which fell 1.95% or 37.95 points to trade at 1904.10 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 1.72% or 16.85 points to end at 961.20 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was down 1.08% or 3.65 points to 333.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 5.32% to 318.80, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was up 3.23% to settle at 180.35 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 2.58% to close at 146.95.
The worst performers were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.95% to 1904.15 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 1.67% to settle at 333.10 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 0.79% to 1413.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 840 to 733 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1250 fell and 1224 advanced, while 134 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.52% to 15.1575 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.37% or 4.65 to $1242.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.46% or 0.24 to hit $52.34 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.55% or 0.34 to trade at $61.11 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.34% to 71.785, while EUR/INR fell 0.12% to 81.1320.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 97.505.