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 gained 1.82% to hit a new all time high, while the index added 1.62%.
The best performers of the session on the were Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:), which rose 9.49% or 254.15 points to trade at 2,933.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Cipla Ltd. (NS:) added 5.75% or 86.20 points to end at 1,586.25 and Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:) was up 5.32% or 242.00 points to 4,789.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:), which fell 1.10% or 3.70 points to trade at 332.10 at the close. Nestle India Ltd (NS:) declined 0.11% or 2.65 points to end at 2,478.00 and Axis Bank Ltd (NS:) was down 0.08% or 0.90 points to 1,175.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which rose 4.25% to 1,511.00, Wipro Ltd (BO:) which was up 3.57% to settle at 524.90 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:) which gained 3.41% to close at 1,722.00.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:) which was down 0.05% to 2,479.15 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:) which lost 0.03% to settle at 2,708.35 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:) which was down 0.02% to 1,616.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1490 to 689 and 26 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2496 rose and 1273 declined, while 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cipla Ltd. (NS:) rose to all time highs; up 5.75% or 86.20 to 1,586.25. Shares in Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.32% or 242.00 to 4,789.00. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) rose to all time highs; rising 4.25% or 61.60 to 1,511.00. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:) rose to all time highs; up 3.41% or 56.80 to 1,722.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.47% to 12.18.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.81% or 19.10 to $2,372.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.28% or 0.22 to hit $78.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.23 to trade at $82.14 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.04% to 83.72, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 90.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.11.
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