India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.69%

Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Metals and Green Energy sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.69%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.83%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 3.16% or 217.80 points to trade at 7,111.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mahindra&Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) added 2.92% or 59.05 points to end at 2,084.00 and HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) was up 2.56% or 38.30 points to 1,533.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which fell 2.46% or 222.30 points to trade at 8,799.00 at the close. Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) declined 1.32% or 48.90 points to end at 3,660.00 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) was down 1.32% or 32.55 points to 2,430.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 3.16% to 7,107.00, Mahindra&Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 2.72% to settle at 2,079.15 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which gained 2.60% to close at 1,533.50.

The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 1.33% to 2,430.00 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which lost 1.20% to settle at 1,450.00 and Larsen&Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 1.10% to 3,512.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1205 to 975 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1995 fell and 1651 advanced, while 111 ended unchanged.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.20% to 13.46.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.05% or 1.20 to $2,396.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.51% or 0.42 to hit $82.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.51 to trade at $86.60 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.09% to 83.49, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 88.93.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 105.92.