Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Metals and Consumer Durables sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.67%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which rose 2.18% or 12.90 points to trade at 608.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) added 2.47% or 41.10 points to end at 1705.50 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was up 2.26% or 184.65 points to 8348.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which fell 3.07% or 15.35 points to trade at 484.55 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 1.77% or 17.45 points to end at 970.95 and Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) was down 1.52% or 292.55 points to 18965.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which rose 2.64% to 608.65, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was up 2.23% to settle at 1701.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 2.15% to close at 8340.70.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.79% to 970.95 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 1.33% to settle at 2710.10 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 1.03% to 177.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1017 to 580 and 3 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1570 rose and 1117 declined, while 169 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.26% or 184.65 to 8348.35. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) rose to all time highs; up 2.15% or 175.20 to 8340.70.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.86% to 13.7125.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 5.61 to $1283.81 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.34% or 0.74 to hit $55.88 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.88% or 0.54 to trade at $61.90 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.27% to 65.046, while EUR/INR fell 0.15% to 76.7418.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.57.