© Reuters India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.15%
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 0.15%, while the index gained 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the were NTPC Ltd (NS:), which rose 1.91% or 4.55 points to trade at 242.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:) added 1.66% or 3.20 points to end at 195.90 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:) was up 1.26% or 14.20 points to 1,138.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:), which fell 2.16% or 68.70 points to trade at 3,105.20 at the close. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:) declined 1.80% or 27.95 points to end at 1,524.10 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:) was down 0.95% or 12.05 points to 1,255.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:) which rose 2.12% to 242.75, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.38% to settle at 1,139.50 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.05% to close at 8,720.30.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which was down 1.86% to 1,524.20 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.13% to settle at 1,253.60 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which was down 0.86% to 3,256.35 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1081 to 998 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1844 rose and 1717 declined, while 125 ended unchanged.
Shares in Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.66% or 3.20 to 195.90.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.14% to 11.11.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.63% or 12.35 to $1,957.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.98% or 0.74 to hit $76.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.82 to trade at $80.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 83.33, while EUR/INR rose 0.10% to 88.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 105.76.
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