Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Auto sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty gained 1.32%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.48%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Bank Of Baroda (NSE:BOB), which rose 5.28% or 8.90 points to trade at 177.50 at the close. Meanwhile, State Bank Of India (NSE:SBI) added 5.16% or 13.25 points to end at 270.05 and Coal India Limited (NSE:COAL) was up 4.45% or 18.70 points to 439.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NSE:KTKM), which fell 2.99% or 21.40 points to trade at 695.40 at the close. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NSE:BHEL) declined 2.98% or 8.55 points to end at 278.35 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) was down 2.16% or 20.45 points to 926.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 5.25% to 270.40, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was up 4.55% to settle at 439.30 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 4.05% to close at 4065.70.
The worst performers were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was down 2.84% to 278.70 in late trade, Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which lost 1.44% to settle at 68.60 and NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which was down 0.70% to 134.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 853 to 583 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 477 rose and 276 declined, while 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Coal India Limited (NSE:COAL) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.45% or 18.70 to 439.05. Shares in Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.55% or 19.10 to 439.30. Shares in Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.05% or 158.15 to 4065.70.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 4.93% to 14.5700 a new 3-months low.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.81% or 8.80 to $1079.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.99% or 0.96 to hit $47.55 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.60 to trade at $52.71 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 64.130, while EUR/INR rose 0.40% to 70.4100.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 97.36.