Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.50% to hit a new 3-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 3.67% or 23.80 points to trade at 673.10 at the close. Meanwhile, HDFC Bank Ltd . (NS:HDBK) added 3.55% or 47.10 points to end at 1375.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) was up 2.08% or 5.80 points to 284.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which fell 3.68% or 11.750 points to trade at 307.500 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 2.32% or 4.35 points to end at 183.40 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) was down 1.81% or 1.95 points to 105.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 4.03% to 675.45, HDFC Bank Ltd. (BO:HDBK) which was up 3.75% to settle at 1377.15 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which gained 1.58% to close at 592.60.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.58% to 2408.15 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which lost 1.29% to settle at 3085.65 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.21% to 999.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 788 to 706 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1384 rose and 1362 declined, while 190 ended unchanged.
Shares in HDFC Bank Ltd. (NS:HDBK) rose to all time highs; up 3.55% or 47.10 to 1375.00. Shares in HDFC Bank Ltd. (BO:HDBK) rose to all time highs; rising 3.75% or 49.80 to 1377.15.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.17% to 13.4325.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.12% or 1.55 to $1243.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.39% or 0.21 to hit $53.15 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.30 to trade at $55.35 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.10% to 67.105, while EUR/INR fell 0.26% to 71.4183.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 100.64.