On the last trading day of the year, the Sensex was trading above 58,250 as of 2:15 PM, 460 points above the previous close and Nifty was trading above 17,350, 165 points above the previous close.
RBL Bank, still in crisis, continued the downward trajectory and fell 3 per cent on Friday.
FM Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the 46th GST council meeting, on Friday, to discuss the GST rates after objections by many states.