Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumer Durables and Green Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.55%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which rose 5.60% or 86.40 points to trade at 1,628.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 3.81% or 299.10 points to end at 8,150.00 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 2.81% or 90.50 points to 3,307.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL), which fell 0.79% or 19.95 points to trade at 2,499.60 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) declined 0.64% or 1.85 points to end at 287.50 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was down 0.38% or 0.70 points to 181.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 5.86% to 1,632.80, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 4.05% to settle at 8,167.50 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which gained 2.98% to close at 3,311.15.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.93% to 2,498.75 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 0.37% to settle at 3,193.65 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 0.29% to 926.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1315 to 724 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2206 rose and 1312 declined, while 150 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) rose to all time highs; up 3.81% or 299.10 to 8,150.00. Shares in Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) rose to all time highs; rising 4.05% or 318.25 to 8,167.50.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.85% to 10.30 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.29% or 5.25 to $1,837.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.50% or 0.41 to hit $82.72 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.36 to trade at $84.43 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 83.19, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 87.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 106.01.