Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty added 1.95%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Punjab National Bank (NSE:PNBK), which rose 8.77% or 13.40 points to trade at 166.25 at the close. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NSE:ZEE) added 4.74% or 19.00 points to end at 419.80 and Yes Bank Ltd. (NSE:YESB) was up 4.55% or 34.65 points to 796.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL), which lost 1.30% or 11.50 points to trade at 873.75 in late trade. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NSE:REDY) declined 0.79% or 34.00 points to end at 4257.75 and Infosys Ltd (NSE:INFY) shed 0.76% or 8.75 points to 1149.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 3.73% to 107.20, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was up 3.58% to settle at 302.30 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 3.49% to close at 268.45.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 0.75% to 4258.05 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 0.68% to settle at 1149.00 and Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was up 0.09% to 377.45 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1029 to 404 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 562 rose and 190 declined, while 4 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 5.86% to 16.0200.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.24% or 2.70 to $1118.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.28% or 0.12 to hit $42.11 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.10 to trade at $49.53 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.33% to 64.990, while EUR/INR fell 0.17% to 72.5790.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.24.