Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Metals, Real Estate and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.59%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 3.74% or 19.85 points to trade at 549.30 at the close. Meanwhile, UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) added 3.04% or 123.95 points to end at 4190.40 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 2.75% or 83.55 points to 3114.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which fell 1.50% or 3.00 points to trade at 196.30 at the close. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) declined 1.27% or 4.10 points to end at 317.05 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was down 1.33% or 5.55 points to 411.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 3.36% to 548.35, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was up 2.38% to settle at 191.60 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 2.20% to close at 3108.55.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.46% to 317.00 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 1.36% to settle at 196.50 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 0.78% to 2617.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1011 to 553 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1451 rose and 1023 declined, while 152 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) rose to all time highs; up 2.75% or 83.55 to 3114.20. Shares in Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.20% or 66.85 to 3108.55.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.38% to 18.3925.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.02% or 0.25 to $1294.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $62.00 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.29 to trade at $69.11 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.43% to 69.278, while EUR/INR rose 0.56% to 77.8150.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.882.