Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the rose 1.64%, while the index climbed 1.68%.
The best performers of the session on the were Wipro Ltd (NS:), which rose 4.23% or 20.95 points to trade at 516.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:) added 3.98% or 60.60 points to end at 1,585.00 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:) was up 3.65% or 91.60 points to 2,604.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:), which fell 0.62% or 28.85 points to trade at 4,633.15 at the close. SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:) declined 0.08% or 1.35 points to end at 1,690.75 and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:) was down 0.03% or 2.05 points to 6,799.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd (BO:) which rose 4.10% to 515.40, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:) which was up 3.94% to settle at 1,584.00 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which gained 3.43% to close at 2,840.00.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:) which was down 0.03% to 1,741.00 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:) which gained 0.20% to settle at 12,224.75 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) which was up 0.40% to 3,035.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1721 to 726 and 26 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2338 rose and 1426 declined, while 107 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.98% or 60.60 to 1,585.00. Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.94% or 60.10 to 1,584.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 7.39% to 14.30.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.48% or 12.05 to $2,504.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.06% or 1.61 to hit $76.55 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.73% or 1.40 to trade at $79.64 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 83.95, while EUR/INR rose 0.07% to 92.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 102.68.
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