Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Metals and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.22%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which rose 2.97% or 215.35 points to trade at 7464.85 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 1.86% or 3.70 points to end at 202.15 and Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv) was up 1.70% or 4.85 points to 290.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML), which lost 2.67% or 10.60 points to trade at 386.80 in late trade. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 1.92% or 7.45 points to end at 381.15 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) shed 1.80% or 5.60 points to 306.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 3.00% to 7451.00, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was up 1.47% to settle at 506.30 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which gained 1.40% to close at 467.20.
The worst performers were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 1.99% to 380.95 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which lost 1.73% to settle at 306.20 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.61% to 536.75 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 802 to 753 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1354 rose and 1255 declined, while 169 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.85% to 10.8625.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.46 to $1277.04 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.44% or 0.20 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.22 to trade at $48.08 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 64.243, while EUR/INR fell 0.32% to 71.8260.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 97.37.