Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Capital Goods and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.49% to hit a new 6-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which rose 4.02% or 8.70 points to trade at 225.00 at the close. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL) added 3.41% or 4.35 points to end at 132.05 and Larsen & Toubro Limited (NS:LART) was up 3.08% or 46.15 points to 1542.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which lost 2.05% or 52.25 points to trade at 2500.85 in late trade. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) declined 1.30% or 9.95 points to end at 753.40 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) shed 1.23% or 2.55 points to 204.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 3.72% to 224.35, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was up 3.33% to settle at 131.90 and Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which gained 2.97% to close at 1540.65.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.92% to 2501.80 in late trade, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which lost 0.97% to settle at 310.10 and Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which was down 0.65% to 2668.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 810 to 647 and 55 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 922 rose and 692 declined, while 50 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.39% to 15.7375.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 1.12% or 14.85 to $1335.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.35% or 0.17 to hit $48.16 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.19 to trade at $49.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.16% to 67.410, while EUR/INR fell 0.15% to 74.8570.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 95.92.