Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Green Energy and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.62% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which rose 9.10% or 27.70 points to trade at 332.75 at the close. Meanwhile, HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) added 3.36% or 33.25 points to end at 1022.20 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was up 3.55% or 850.75 points to 24735.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which fell 6.49% or 13.35 points to trade at 191.00 at the close. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) declined 4.95% or 39.85 points to end at 766.20 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was down 2.50% or 14.75 points to 574.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 9.81% to 333.60, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 2.79% to settle at 1127.50 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which gained 1.81% to close at 2970.00.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 7.14% to 191.30 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.47% to settle at 574.10 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 2.02% to 7332.05 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 941 to 635 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1473 fell and 1073 advanced, while 139 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.57% to 18.3500.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.39% or 16.70 to $1215.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.09% or 1.18 to hit $57.64 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.28% or 1.52 to trade at $68.14 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 71.855, while EUR/INR fell 0.10% to 81.3925.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.87.