Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Durables and Power sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Banking, Public Sector Undertakings and Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which rose 5.47% or 25.90 points to trade at 499.80 at the close. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) added 3.04% or 89.35 points to end at 3026.80 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was up 2.80% or 43.10 points to 1581.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which lost 11.13% or 27.05 points to trade at 216.00 in late trade. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) declined 2.59% or 35.95 points to end at 1350.50 and GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) shed 2.14% or 2.75 points to 126.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 5.47% to 500.00, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 2.79% to settle at 1580.65 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 1.24% to close at 454.45.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.46% to 1352.55 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 1.62% to settle at 318.00 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.23% to 2451.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 767 to 763 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1275 rose and 1150 declined, while 167 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.39% to 14.1275.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.34% or 5.25 to $1555.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.50% or 0.29 to hit $58.81 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.41 to trade at $65.03 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.15% to 71.062, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 79.0250.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.160.