Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Public Sector Undertakings and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.21%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which rose 5.76% or 56.90 points to trade at 1,043.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) added 3.73% or 32.45 points to end at 902.00 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 3.72% or 13.00 points to 362.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which fell 1.82% or 321.65 points to trade at 17,327.45 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) declined 1.51% or 109.25 points to end at 7,102.55 and Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) was down 1.07% or 7.75 points to 716.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 3.82% to 902.15, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 2.07% to settle at 3,974.85 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 1.81% to close at 236.20.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 1.56% to 17,358.10 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 1.38% to settle at 7,106.65 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 0.75% to 131.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1113 to 695 and 33 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2008 rose and 1232 declined, while 114 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.76% or 56.90 to 1,043.95. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.73% or 32.45 to 902.00. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.82% or 33.20 to 902.15.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.93% to 25.34.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.16% or 3.20 to $1,997.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 3.46% or 3.67 to hit $109.69 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 3.22% or 3.52 to trade at $112.85 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.28% to 76.57, while EUR/INR rose 0.36% to 84.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 98.63.