Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Metals, Real Estate and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.59%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 3.74% or 19.85 points to trade at 549.30 at the close. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) added 3.04% or 123.95 points to end at 4190.40 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 2.75% or 83.55 points to 3114.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which lost 1.50% or 3.00 points to trade at 196.30 in late trade. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) declined 1.27% or 4.10 points to end at 317.05 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) shed 1.33% or 5.55 points to 411.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 3.36% to 548.35, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was up 2.38% to settle at 191.60 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 2.20% to close at 3108.55.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.46% to 317.00 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 1.36% to settle at 196.50 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 0.78% to 2617.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1011 to 553 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1451 rose and 1023 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 1.38% to 18.3925.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.02% or 0.25 to $1294.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $62.00 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.29 to trade at $69.11 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.43% to 69.278, while EUR/INR rose 0.57% to 77.8220.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.882.