Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Auto and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Public Sector Undertakings, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.20%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 4.28% or 17.75 points to trade at 432.05 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 4.14% or 72.25 points to end at 1819.00 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 3.78% or 6.70 points to 184.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which lost 8.09% or 36.85 points to trade at 418.55 in late trade. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) declined 7.29% or 24.15 points to end at 307.05 and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) shed 5.23% or 25.15 points to 456.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which rose 4.31% to 431.85, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 3.65% to settle at 550.35 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 3.53% to close at 183.55.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 4.98% to 485.10 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 3.03% to settle at 310.95 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.94% to 296.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 829 to 748 and 23 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1361 rose and 1301 declined, while 145 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.23% to 11.4750.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1268.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $52.49 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.23 to trade at $59.07 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.11% to 65.020, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 75.5626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 94.82.