Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.13%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which rose 5.33% or 16.15 points to trade at 319.25 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 3.23% or 5.65 points to end at 180.35 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 3.00% or 10.05 points to 345.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC), which lost 1.95% or 37.95 points to trade at 1904.10 in late trade. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 1.72% or 16.85 points to end at 961.20 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) shed 1.08% or 3.65 points to 333.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 5.32% to 318.80, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was up 3.23% to settle at 180.35 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 2.58% to close at 146.95.
The worst performers were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.95% to 1904.15 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 1.67% to settle at 333.10 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 0.79% to 1413.85 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 840 to 733 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1250 fell and 1224 advanced, while 134 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.52% to 15.1575 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.37% or 4.60 to $1242.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.38% or 0.20 to hit $52.38 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.31 to trade at $61.14 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.35% to 71.795, while EUR/INR fell 0.11% to 81.1425.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 97.500.