Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Power and Auto sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.40%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which rose 3.68% or 12.60 points to trade at 356.75 at the close. Meanwhile, ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) added 3.71% or 11.00 points to end at 305.75 and Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) was up 3.10% or 25.10 points to 832.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which fell 2.13% or 18.00 points to trade at 830.10 at the close. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) declined 1.52% or 2.40 points to end at 155.35 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was down 1.18% or 35.85 points to 3008.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which rose 3.14% to 305.60, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 2.13% to settle at 7332.15 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 1.61% to close at 764.15.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.71% to 341.55 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 1.37% to settle at 3007.10 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 1.22% to 1361.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 875 to 699 and 74 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1327 rose and 1123 declined, while 152 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.19% to 20.9975.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.31% or 4.05 to $1297.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.53% or 0.97 to hit $64.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.21% or 0.86 to trade at $71.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.20% to 69.222, while EUR/INR rose 0.85% to 78.2930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.507.