Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Auto and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.12%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which rose 4.65% or 80.25 points to trade at 1807.80 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 3.74% or 125.10 points to end at 3470.30 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 3.49% or 16.20 points to 480.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which lost 2.50% or 28.00 points to trade at 1092.15 in late trade. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 2.13% or 15.00 points to end at 689.90 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) shed 1.98% or 19.20 points to 951.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 4.45% to 1805.15, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 3.61% to settle at 3466.00 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 2.90% to close at 509.10.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 2.54% to 1091.90 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which lost 2.11% to settle at 690.35 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.85% to 951.25 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1017 to 571 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1574 rose and 975 declined, while 125 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.47% to 22.5775 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for October delivery was down 0.13% or 2.70 to $2055.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.98% or 0.41 to hit $41.54 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.36 to trade at $44.73 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.11% to 74.969, while EUR/INR fell 0.35% to 88.6175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 93.157.