Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.28%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 4.53% or 4.70 points to trade at 108.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) added 4.37% or 96.85 points to end at 2312.05 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was up 4.14% or 9.15 points to 230.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART), which fell 1.18% or 16.85 points to trade at 1411.25 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 0.68% or 6.75 points to end at 989.45 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was down 0.55% or 0.75 points to 136.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 4.58% to 108.50, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 4.44% to settle at 2313.45 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 3.50% to close at 2079.90.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 1.22% to 984.00 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 1.20% to settle at 1411.25 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 0.40% to 3648.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 868 to 772 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1421 rose and 1393 declined, while 195 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.46% to 19.9875 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.18% or 3.20 to $1735.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.47% or 0.88 to hit $60.88 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 0.82 to trade at $64.10 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.31% to 72.465, while EUR/INR fell 0.46% to 86.2080.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 91.927.