Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Metals and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.59%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Shriram Finance Ltd. (NSE:SHMF), which rose 3.00% or 24.85 points to trade at 853.00 at the close. Meanwhile, State Bank Of India (NSE:SBI) added 2.49% or 23.60 points to end at 971.70 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NSE:BJFS) was up 2.17% or 44.50 points to 2,093.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NSE:HLL), which fell 3.34% or 81.00 points to trade at 2,341.00 at the close. Eternal Ltd (NSE:ETEA) declined 1.34% or 3.95 points to end at 291.80 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NSE:SUN) was down 0.86% or 15.60 points to 1,802.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 2.53% to 972.00, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was up 2.08% to settle at 2,092.80 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 1.80% to close at 16,285.00.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 3.38% to 2,342.00 in late trade, Eternal Ltd (BO:ETEA) which lost 1.30% to settle at 291.95 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 0.75% to 1,805.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1575 to 899 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2271 fell and 1671 advanced, while 174 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.44% to 10.34 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.26% or 11.20 to $4,254.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.25% or 0.15 to hit $59.52 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.10 to trade at $63.16 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.25% to 90.03, while EUR/INR rose 0.17% to 104.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 98.97.








