Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Metals, Healthcare and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.04%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 6.03% or 38.45 points to trade at 677.75 at the close. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) added 6.01% or 32.55 points to end at 569.65 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 3.97% or 26.80 points to 700.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which lost 1.43% or 6.65 points to trade at 458.40 in late trade. Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) declined 1.53% or 17.15 points to end at 1101.80 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) shed 0.50% or 133.50 points to 26724.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 6.26% to 677.80, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 5.17% to settle at 570.20 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which gained 2.28% to close at 323.60.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 1.38% to 1101.00 in late trade, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which lost 0.51% to settle at 310.45 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 0.42% to 1155.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1248 to 362 and 21 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1859 rose and 802 declined, while 143 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.25% to 14.2025.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.11% or 1.50 to $1331.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.57% or 0.36 to hit $62.41 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.45 to trade at $65.94 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.26% to 64.785, while EUR/INR fell 0.46% to 79.7480.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 89.78.