Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Metals, Real Estate and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.79%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which rose 5.03% or 14.30 points to trade at 298.00 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 4.00% or 12.15 points to end at 315.90 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 3.62% or 51.80 points to 1483.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which lost 3.50% or 18.00 points to trade at 500.75 in late trade. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 2.58% or 15.25 points to end at 576.45 and Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) shed 0.98% or 195.00 points to 19730.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 3.56% to 1482.65, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was up 3.02% to settle at 271.05 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 2.52% to close at 2372.00.
The worst performers were Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 2.53% to 575.85 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 0.87% to settle at 182.85 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 0.45% to 1119.95 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1043 to 519 and 38 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1575 rose and 1012 declined, while 154 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 8.94% to 14.9400.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.25% or 3.20 to $1260.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.53% or 0.30 to hit $57.34 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $63.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.25% to 64.125, while EUR/INR fell 0.15% to 75.6662.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 93.48.