Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Technology and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty rose 0.46%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Lupin Ltd (NSE:LUPN), which rose 3.20% or 52.30 points to trade at 1684.25 at the close. Meanwhile, State Bank Of India (NSE:SBI) added 2.31% or 6.50 points to end at 287.45 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NSE:INBK) was up 2.04% or 16.70 points to 833.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Of Baroda (NSE:BOB), which fell 2.67% or 4.40 points to trade at 160.15 at the close. NTPC Limited (NSE:NTPC) declined 2.12% or 2.95 points to end at 136.10 and Punjab National Bank (NSE:PNBK) was down 2.12% or 3.20 points to 147.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 2.39% to 287.35, Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which was up 2.13% to settle at 1234.00 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (BO:BRTI) which gained 1.80% to close at 392.45.
The worst performers were NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which was down 2.05% to 136.15 in late trade, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which lost 2.01% to settle at 210.00 and Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was down 0.91% to 366.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 784 to 638 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 366 rose and 319 declined.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 4.28% to 19.8150.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.93% or 11.40 to $1213.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.58% or 0.35 to hit $59.53 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.07 to trade at $66.63 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.22% to 63.526, while EUR/INR fell 0.24% to 72.1490.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 93.87.