Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, IT and Carbon sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which rose 4.53% or 51.35 points to trade at 1184.35 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 3.32% or 11.15 points to end at 346.15 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) was up 1.66% or 20.25 points to 1240.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which lost 8.51% or 36.30 points to trade at 390.75 in late trade. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 6.47% or 21.50 points to end at 311.15 and GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) shed 3.28% or 10.90 points to 322.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 4.34% to 1182.95, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 1.41% to settle at 1237.35 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which gained 1.02% to close at 964.50.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 8.52% to 390.75 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 6.42% to settle at 310.95 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 2.07% to 1318.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1111 to 456 and 72 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1605 fell and 858 advanced, while 155 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.31% to 16.6175.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.58% or 7.55 to $1284.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.27% or 0.66 to hit $52.73 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.19% or 0.73 to trade at $61.91 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.14% to 71.135, while EUR/INR rose 0.23% to 81.1315.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 95.700.