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India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.69%
© Reuters India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.69%
Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Green Energy and Carbon sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.69% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 4.90% or 300.50 points to trade at 6,431.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) added 3.87% or 56.75 points to end at 1,521.35 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 2.84% or 20.00 points to 725.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN), which fell 1.74% or 14.25 points to trade at 804.05 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 1.74% or 26.60 points to end at 1,506.30 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was down 1.09% or 1.65 points to 149.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 5.03% to 6,437.00, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was up 2.37% to settle at 2,296.55 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which gained 2.34% to close at 1,392.85.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.73% to 1,506.30 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 1.19% to settle at 148.90 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 0.83% to 210.35 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 943 to 881 and 58 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1685 rose and 1510 declined, while 145 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.23% to 16.65 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.47% or 8.00 to $1,721.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.32% or 1.27 to hit $95.08 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 1.03 to trade at $102.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.17% to 79.91, while EUR/INR fell 0.60% to 81.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 106.98.
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