Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, IT and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.40%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which rose 2.98% or 20.70 points to trade at 715.10 at the close. Meanwhile, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) added 1.62% or 26.70 points to end at 1676.30 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 1.85% or 18.30 points to 1009.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which fell 1.41% or 3.60 points to trade at 251.65 at the close. Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) declined 0.94% or 2.90 points to end at 305.90 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was down 0.76% or 2.55 points to 332.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which rose 1.99% to 471.45, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.87% to settle at 1009.95 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which gained 1.07% to close at 3296.80.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 0.79% to 332.25 in late trade, Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which lost 0.74% to settle at 404.20 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 0.66% to 3654.65 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 929 to 672 and 6 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1469 rose and 1203 declined, while 152 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.54% to 13.5125.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.53 to $1289.67 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.98% or 0.57 to hit $58.59 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $63.60 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.11% to 64.655, while EUR/INR rose 0.30% to 76.7521.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 93.02.