Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Banking and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.28% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which rose 3.39% or 10.65 points to trade at 325.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 2.94% or 12.80 points to end at 447.70 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 2.89% or 47.00 points to 1674.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which fell 2.18% or 4.70 points to trade at 210.50 at the close. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) declined 2.17% or 12.20 points to end at 551.25 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was down 1.80% or 9.75 points to 533.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 3.19% to 325.00, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was up 2.78% to settle at 446.90 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 1.98% to close at 1235.00.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.05% to 210.60 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 1.95% to settle at 552.20 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 1.78% to 463.20 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 820 to 759 and 15 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1403 rose and 1294 declined, while 134 ended unchanged.
Shares in State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.39% or 10.65 to 325.00. Shares in State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.19% or 10.05 to 325.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.79% to 11.9100.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.14% or 1.85 to $1276.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.48% or 0.26 to hit $54.80 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.22 to trade at $60.84 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.15% to 64.605, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 75.2532.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 94.67.