India's equity markets finished the trading day in positive territory on Friday, with the Nifty 50 closing up 1.16% at a new one-month high and the BSE Sensex 30 gaining 1.20%.
Sector leadership came from Auto, Capital Goods and Consumer Durables stocks, which outperformed and helped lift the headline indices.
Notable movers on the Nifty 50
- Asian Paints Ltd. (NSE:ASPN) was the session's top gainer, rising 3.88% - an increase of 88.00 points - to close at 2,357.60.
- Eicher Motors Ltd. (NSE:EICH) added 3.75%, or 268.00 points, finishing the day at 7,415.50.
- Bajaj Auto Ltd (NSE:BAJA) climbed 3.34%, up 318.00 points, to end at 9,835.00.
Largest decliners on the Nifty 50
- Coal India Ltd (NSE:COAL) fell 4.14%, dropping 18.80 points to 435.30 at the close.
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NSE:SUN) declined 3.62%, or 62.10 points, to finish at 1,655.00.
- Infosys Ltd (NSE:INFY) slipped 3.01%, down 40.10 points, to 1,291.50.
Performance on the BSE Sensex 30
- Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) rose 3.84% to 2,356.40.
- ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) gained 3.13% to settle at 1,320.90.
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) increased 3.05% to close at 3,264.00.
BSE laggards
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) was down 3.60% to 1,655.50.
- Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) lost 2.97% to settle at 1,292.00.
- Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) declined 2.52% to 2,522.50 at the close.
Market internals were decisively positive. On the National Stock Exchange, 2,111 stocks advanced, 424 declined and 41 were unchanged. On the Bombay Stock Exchange, 3,154 issues rose, 896 fell and 135 ended flat.
The India VIX, a gauge of implied volatility for Nifty 50 options, eased 7.07% to 18.98 by the close.
Commodities and currencies
- Gold Futures for June delivery declined 0.75%, or $36.03, to trade at $4,781.97 a troy ounce.
- Crude oil for May delivery rose 0.66%, or $0.65, to reach $98.52 a barrel.
- The June Brent contract increased 0.53%, or $0.51, to trade at $96.43 a barrel.
- USD/INR moved up 0.15% to 92.59, while EUR/INR rose 0.48% to 108.70.
- The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 98.57.
Friday's session displayed broad participation across the market, with a handful of large-cap winners in consumer-related and capital goods names offset by notable declines among some commodity-linked and IT-heavyweights.
Data points such as index moves, individual stock performances, market breadth, volatility readings and commodity and currency prices provide a snapshot of market conditions at the close.