India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.39%

Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Auto and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.39%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.26%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which rose 3.63% or 164.10 points to trade at 4,684.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) added 3.61% or 429.55 points to end at 12,337.70 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 3.17% or 14.45 points to 470.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM), which fell 3.00% or 154.90 points to trade at 5,005.00 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 2.95% or 45.85 points to end at 1,508.85 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was down 2.67% or 13.35 points to 487.10.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 3.22% to 1,615.00, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 3.21% to settle at 12,295.75 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 2.37% to close at 1,519.00.

The worst performers were LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which was down 2.92% to 5,010.00 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 2.78% to settle at 1,512.00 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 2.76% to 486.90 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1418 to 748 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2332 rose and 1332 declined, while 96 ended unchanged.

Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) rose to all time highs; rising 3.61% or 429.55 to 12,337.70. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) rose to all time highs; rising 3.22% or 50.40 to 1,615.00. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.21% or 381.95 to 12,295.75.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.34% to 12.22 a new 3-months low.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.76% or 16.55 to $2,168.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.02% or 0.02 to hit $81.05 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $85.73 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.35% to 83.52, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 90.35.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 104.08.