Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Metals, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.68%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 5.23% or 3.00 points to trade at 59.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) added 4.03% or 17.50 points to end at 450.40 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 3.48% or 47.05 points to 1395.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which fell 3.23% or 8.35 points to trade at 250.45 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) declined 2.28% or 4.30 points to end at 184.75 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was down 1.64% or 3.35 points to 200.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 3.75% to 59.50, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 3.68% to settle at 450.65 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 3.41% to close at 1397.25.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.12% to 200.55 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 1.78% to settle at 121.20 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 1.31% to 1102.40 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 941 to 612 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1349 rose and 1062 declined, while 152 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.87% to 16.2825.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.15% or 2.35 to $1534.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.02% or 0.58 to hit $56.13 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.19 to trade at $60.30 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 71.535, while EUR/INR fell 0.33% to 78.9800.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 98.475.