Ahead of US jobs data and related concerns of traders and investors for further possible interest rate hikes, benchmark equity indices closed marginally higher on Friday, led by the auto and banking stocks.

Dear Trader… The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex rose 118 points or 0.19% to settle at 62,547. The broader NSE Nifty surged 46 points or 0.25% to end at 18,534.From the Sensex pack, Tata Steel, Maruti, M&M, Sun Pharma, L&T, and Bharti Airtel closed higher, while Infosys, Wipro, HCL Tech, TCS,