Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.06%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN), which rose 2.84% or 22.35 points to trade at 809.05 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 2.54% or 10.75 points to end at 433.95 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 2.20% or 20.25 points to 940.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which lost 2.27% or 8.95 points to trade at 384.95 in late trade. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 1.79% or 20.55 points to end at 1127.00 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) shed 1.67% or 4.85 points to 285.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 0.97% to 280.60, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 0.92% to settle at 586.35 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 0.91% to close at 512.40.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 2.17% to 385.40 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 1.31% to settle at 1311.10 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.31% to 1130.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 955 to 633 and 50 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1569 rose and 1023 declined, while 130 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.34% to 14.7475.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.11% or 1.50 to $1327.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.38% or 0.24 to hit $63.30 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.21 to trade at $68.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.19% to 64.980, while EUR/INR rose 0.17% to 79.5665.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 90.11.