Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.06%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN), which rose 2.84% or 22.35 points to trade at 809.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 2.54% or 10.75 points to end at 433.95 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 2.20% or 20.25 points to 940.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which fell 2.27% or 8.95 points to trade at 384.95 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 1.79% or 20.55 points to end at 1127.00 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) was down 1.67% or 4.85 points to 285.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 0.97% to 280.60, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 0.92% to settle at 586.35 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 0.91% to close at 512.40.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 2.17% to 385.40 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 1.31% to settle at 1311.10 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.31% to 1130.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 955 to 633 and 50 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1569 rose and 1023 declined, while 130 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.34% to 14.7475.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.11% or 1.50 to $1327.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.38% or 0.24 to hit $63.30 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.21 to trade at $68.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.19% to 64.980, while EUR/INR rose 0.17% to 79.5665.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 90.11.