Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Consumer Durables sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.42%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which rose 6.28% or 16.90 points to trade at 286.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) added 3.67% or 56.10 points to end at 1585.00 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 3.17% or 17.10 points to 556.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which fell 2.02% or 8.50 points to trade at 411.30 at the close. Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) declined 1.99% or 23.15 points to end at 1142.90 and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) was down 1.84% or 21.30 points to 1137.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which rose 6.47% to 286.40, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 3.76% to settle at 1586.20 and Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which gained 2.66% to close at 262.25.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 2.05% to 411.15 in late trade, Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which lost 1.99% to settle at 1142.85 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.85% to 214.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 874 to 684 and 12 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1370 fell and 1245 advanced, while 127 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.28% or 16.90 to 286.05. Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.67% or 56.10 to 1585.00. Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.76% or 57.50 to 1586.20.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.03% to 11.0850.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.15% or 1.86 to $1247.36 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $46.94 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.07 to trade at $49.37 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.00% to 64.335, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 74.9207.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 93.95.