Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Technology and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.50%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 3.01% or 12.60 points to trade at 431.85 at the close. AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) added 2.90% or 15.85 points to end at 563.95 and Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) was up 2.99% or 11.00 points to 378.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which lost 2.01% or 10.30 points to trade at 499.65 in late trade. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 1.65% or 8.70 points to end at 517.70 and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) shed 0.86% or 3.65 points to 418.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which rose 3.06% to 431.20, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 2.74% to settle at 562.40 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 2.72% to close at 2700.40.
The worst performers were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 2.08% to 500.10 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 0.71% to settle at 2414.40 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 0.36% to 921.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 920 to 679 and 24 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1530 rose and 1174 declined, while 191 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.03% to 12.6700.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.13% or 1.70 to $1298.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.48% or 0.29 to hit $60.13 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.29 to trade at $66.45 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.37% to 63.835, while EUR/INR fell 0.13% to 76.4351.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 92.07.