Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Metals, Banking and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.44%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 4.68% or 52.10 points to trade at 1165.25 at the close. AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) added 3.00% or 22.20 points to end at 761.35 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 2.78% or 11.60 points to 428.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which lost 2.28% or 49.05 points to trade at 2104.45 in late trade. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) declined 1.67% or 41.50 points to end at 2448.65 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) shed 1.65% or 1.95 points to 116.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 4.65% to 1165.00, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 3.02% to settle at 761.35 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 2.79% to close at 428.75.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 2.28% to 2104.30 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 1.69% to settle at 116.05 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.64% to 2449.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 928 to 759 and 32 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1691 rose and 1373 declined, while 126 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 11.46% to 13.3675 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.36% or 6.35 to $1783.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.30% or 0.22 to hit $73.08 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.21 to trade at $75.35 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 74.195, while EUR/INR rose 0.11% to 88.5965.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 91.757.