Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Public Sector Undertakings and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.20%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which rose 9.71% or 20.25 points to trade at 227.15 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 9.24% or 33.50 points to end at 393.05 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 5.54% or 16.95 points to 321.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC), which lost 3.87% or 5.30 points to trade at 131.70 in late trade. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 1.94% or 50.40 points to end at 2543.20 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) shed 1.87% or 9.60 points to 506.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 8.42% to 393.20, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 5.19% to settle at 322.00 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which gained 1.96% to close at 78.20.
The worst performers were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 1.85% to 2542.85 in late trade, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which lost 1.43% to settle at 3188.30 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.38% to 7147.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 883 to 693 and 62 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1392 fell and 1080 advanced, while 155 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.96% to 15.0300 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.51% or 7.55 to $1465.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.42% or 0.24 to hit $56.53 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.47 to trade at $61.81 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.22% to 71.791, while EUR/INR fell 0.20% to 79.1430.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 98.060.