Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.20%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK), which rose 3.16% or 20.70 points to trade at 676.65 at the close. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) added 2.61% or 5.40 points to end at 212.40 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was up 2.56% or 14.95 points to 599.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which lost 2.31% or 7.00 points to trade at 295.55 in late trade. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) declined 2.06% or 32.55 points to end at 1549.50 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) shed 1.85% or 30.40 points to 1611.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 3.18% to 676.65, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 2.56% to settle at 212.35 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 1.69% to close at 429.15.
The worst performers were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 1.80% to 1612.00 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 0.82% to settle at 2359.25 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 0.74% to 2105.20 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 999 to 711 and 32 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1616 fell and 1478 advanced, while 108 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.03% to 11.7625.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.34% or 6.15 to $1799.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $71.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.15 to trade at $73.64 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 74.413, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 87.5955.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 92.918.