Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Auto and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.57%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which rose 9.46% or 191.10 points to trade at 2212.00 at the close. Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) added 4.60% or 33.35 points to end at 758.60 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was up 4.05% or 47.35 points to 1215.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which lost 2.05% or 24.45 points to trade at 1170.75 in late trade. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) declined 1.60% or 39.90 points to end at 2456.45 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (NS:IOC) shed 1.47% or 6.70 points to 448.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which rose 9.75% to 2217.35, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 3.97% to settle at 1214.55 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which gained 3.92% to close at 2918.65.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.34% to 2463.20 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 1.26% to settle at 422.45 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.17% to 215.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 993 to 552 and 18 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1552 rose and 964 declined, while 135 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.32% to 11.6750.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.18 to $1323.38 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.08% or 0.51 to hit $46.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.36 to trade at $52.50 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 63.995, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 76.2850.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 92.59.