Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.38%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which rose 4.48% or 77.10 points to trade at 1797.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 4.14% or 6.25 points to end at 157.05 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 3.01% or 14.40 points to 493.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which fell 1.46% or 262.90 points to trade at 17723.60 at the close. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 1.29% or 10.85 points to end at 829.00 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was down 1.15% or 88.90 points to 7659.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 1.79% to 3576.45, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 1.26% to settle at 3854.85 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 1.23% to close at 19888.75.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 1.39% to 17736.00 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 1.31% to settle at 828.95 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 1.06% to 1904.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1012 to 777 and 32 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2022 rose and 1276 declined, while 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.79% or 62.75 to 3576.45.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.09% to 17.6025.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.11% or 2.00 to $1791.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.13% or 0.90 to hit $80.36 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.89 to trade at $82.88 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.14% to 74.315, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 84.0140.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 96.175.