Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.38%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which rose 4.48% or 77.10 points to trade at 1797.65 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 4.14% or 6.25 points to end at 157.05 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 3.01% or 14.40 points to 493.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which lost 1.46% or 262.90 points to trade at 17723.60 in late trade. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 1.29% or 10.85 points to end at 829.00 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) shed 1.15% or 88.90 points to 7659.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 1.79% to 3576.45, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 1.26% to settle at 3854.85 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 1.23% to close at 19888.75.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 1.39% to 17736.00 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 1.31% to settle at 828.95 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 1.06% to 1904.75 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1012 to 777 and 32 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2023 rose and 1276 declined, while 79 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.09% to 17.6025.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.11% or 2.00 to $1791.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.13% or 0.90 to hit $80.36 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.89 to trade at $82.88 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.14% to 74.315, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 84.0140.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 96.175.