Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Banking and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.23%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which rose 2.14% or 5.85 points to trade at 279.65 at the close. Meanwhile, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) added 2.26% or 34.35 points to end at 1552.20 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 1.49% or 11.00 points to 750.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which fell 2.91% or 77.30 points to trade at 2580.70 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) declined 2.37% or 3.40 points to end at 139.90 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was down 1.79% or 3.50 points to 191.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 1.90% to 1550.90, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 1.69% to settle at 3511.40 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 1.49% to close at 644.00.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 2.37% to 139.95 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 2.22% to settle at 191.20 and Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was down 1.47% to 264.35 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 955 to 624 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1370 fell and 1021 advanced, while 135 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.30% to 14.8575 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.35% or 4.65 to $1338.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.87% or 0.46 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.53 to trade at $62.20 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.57% to 69.515, while EUR/INR rose 0.41% to 78.2760.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.047.