Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Auto, Real Estate and Consumer Durables sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.72%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 7.57% or 35.90 points to trade at 510.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) added 6.45% or 13.60 points to end at 224.40 and Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) was up 5.82% or 1237.80 points to 22489.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which fell 4.46% or 7.85 points to trade at 168.10 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 3.39% or 2.95 points to end at 83.95 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was down 3.07% or 17.55 points to 554.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 7.28% to 509.00, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 4.78% to settle at 2448.95 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which gained 3.74% to close at 2395.45.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 3.39% to 83.95 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 2.91% to settle at 555.10 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.84% to 166.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 839 to 772 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1184 rose and 1180 declined, while 144 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.92% to 30.8225.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.20% or 3.55 to $1743.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.22% or 0.08 to hit $36.26 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.04 to trade at $38.59 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 75.882, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 85.8380.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.700.