Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.40%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which rose 2.98% or 20.70 points to trade at 715.10 at the close. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) added 1.62% or 26.70 points to end at 1676.30 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 1.85% or 18.30 points to 1009.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which lost 1.41% or 3.60 points to trade at 251.65 in late trade. Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) declined 0.94% or 2.90 points to end at 305.90 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) shed 0.76% or 2.55 points to 332.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which rose 1.99% to 471.45, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.87% to settle at 1009.95 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which gained 1.07% to close at 3296.80.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 0.79% to 332.25 in late trade, Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which lost 0.74% to settle at 404.20 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 0.66% to 3654.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 929 to 672 and 6 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1469 rose and 1203 declined, while 152 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.54% to 13.5125.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.53 to $1289.67 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.98% or 0.57 to hit $58.59 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $63.60 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.11% to 64.655, while EUR/INR rose 0.30% to 76.7525.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 93.02.