Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Auto and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty rose 1.67%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.90%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Tata Motors Ltd. (NSE:TAMO), which rose 5.24% or 25.60 points to trade at 513.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Cipla Ltd. (NSE:CIPL) added 4.28% or 26.90 points to end at 654.70 and ICICI Bank Ltd. (NSE:ICBK) was up 4.07% or 12.40 points to 317.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Punjab National Bank (NSE:PNBK), which fell 6.57% or 10.25 points to trade at 145.70 at the close. Bank Of Baroda (NSE:BOB) declined 5.44% or 8.35 points to end at 145.10 and Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (NSE:JNSP) was down 2.45% or 3.35 points to 133.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which rose 5.18% to 513.50, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was up 4.09% to settle at 316.95 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which gained 4.03% to close at 653.70.
The worst performers were Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was down 2.23% to 2301.55 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 0.96% to settle at 315.65 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 0.50% to 2530.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1099 to 329 and 3 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 538 rose and 152 declined, while 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bank Of Baroda (NSE:BOB) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.44% or 8.35 to 145.10.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 2.75% to 19.1100.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.30% or 3.50 to $1185.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.34% or 0.20 to hit $59.14 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $65.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.22% to 63.931, while EUR/INR fell 0.67% to 71.7070.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 94.90.