Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Real Estate and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.19% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which rose 10.70% or 38.00 points to trade at 393.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 4.44% or 29.10 points to end at 685.05 and Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) was up 3.90% or 143.55 points to 3822.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which fell 3.27% or 24.30 points to trade at 719.60 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 3.25% or 19.50 points to end at 581.10 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was down 3.14% or 10.25 points to 315.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 10.69% to 393.05, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 4.07% to settle at 1989.00 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 2.92% to close at 4802.00.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 3.18% to 581.25 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 2.83% to settle at 723.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 2.06% to 614.60 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 997 to 646 and 50 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1604 fell and 1263 advanced, while 143 ended unchanged.
Shares in State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) rose to all time highs; gaining 10.70% or 38.00 to 393.10. Shares in State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) rose to all time highs; up 10.69% or 37.95 to 393.05.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.27% to 23.4150.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.95% or 17.00 to $1808.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.01% or 0.57 to hit $56.80 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.76% or 0.45 to trade at $59.45 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.10% to 72.880, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 87.2955.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 91.422.