India’s benchmark Sensex rose 2.17% on Friday to close at 81,028.02.
The Nifty 50 closed at 25,030.35.
Both indices gained more than 8% over the week.
Markets in South Korea and Japan fell about 6%.
Foreign investors have been buying Indian equities.
Banks helped on Friday, and one summary says the Nifty Bank index rose 1,312 points to 59,086.
Broader markets were weaker than the benchmarks: ETV Bharat says the Nifty Midcap 100 fell 0.54% and the Nifty Smallcap 100 fell 0.87%.
In Asia, South Korea’s Kospi fell 6.02% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 5.96%, and the Shanghai and Hang Seng indices each ended more than 1% lower, according to ETV Bharat.
Ponmudi R, chief executive of Enrich Money, told ETV Bharat that US markets were also under pressure, with the Dow down 3.4%, the S&P 500 down 4.36% and the Nasdaq down 5.52%.
The same comment attributed the US selling to a broad unwinding of AI-related trades, which is that analyst’s view and not an official finding.
Ajit Mishra of Religare Broking said Brent crude had rebounded toward $100 a barrel, according to ETV Bharat.
Mishra’s comment described gains of over 1.5% in the Nifty and a seventh session of gains, which do not match the 2.01% and six sessions in the same report, so quoted figures from commentators should be read with care.
Indian equities have lagged emerging-market peers in 2026, according to one report.
A fall in global markets on the same day did not stop Indian indices from closing at their highest levels in more than eight months, according to a search summary of the closing reports.
The Sensex and Nifty are the two benchmark indices of the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange.
These figures are market data and not investment advice, and readers should check exchange data for final numbers.
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