Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty added 1.32%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Bank Of Baroda (NSE:BOB), which rose 5.28% or 8.90 points to trade at 177.50 at the close. State Bank Of India (NSE:SBI) added 5.16% or 13.25 points to end at 270.05 and Coal India Limited (NSE:COAL) was up 4.45% or 18.70 points to 439.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NSE:KTKM), which lost 2.99% or 21.40 points to trade at 695.40 in late trade. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NSE:BHEL) declined 2.98% or 8.55 points to end at 278.35 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) shed 2.16% or 20.45 points to 926.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 5.25% to 270.40, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was up 4.55% to settle at 439.30 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 4.05% to close at 4065.70.
The worst performers were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was down 2.84% to 278.70 in late trade, Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which lost 1.44% to settle at 68.60 and NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which was down 0.70% to 134.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 853 to 583 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 477 rose and 276 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 4.93% to 14.5700 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.83% or 9.00 to $1079.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.99% or 0.96 to hit $47.55 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.60 to trade at $52.71 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 64.126, while EUR/INR rose 0.35% to 70.3770.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 97.37.