Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.63%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which rose 4.30% or 96.20 points to trade at 2,330.90 at the close. Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) added 3.40% or 647.00 points to end at 19,699.95 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was up 3.17% or 26.95 points to 877.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which lost 1.30% or 56.80 points to trade at 4,306.20 in late trade. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) declined 0.98% or 9.70 points to end at 982.20 and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) shed 0.73% or 4.65 points to 632.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 4.29% to 2,331.05, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 3.30% to settle at 19,691.85 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 3.19% to close at 1,427.70.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 0.77% to 983.10 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 0.27% to settle at 2,761.65 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 0.24% to 5,615.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1305 to 634 and 48 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2280 rose and 1148 declined, while 114 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.08% to 12.94.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.03% or 0.50 to $1,998.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.61% or 0.45 to hit $74.82 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.29 to trade at $78.89 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.11% to 82.21, while EUR/INR fell 0.03% to 89.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 102.08.