Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Auto, Consumer Durables and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.70%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which rose 14.77% or 65.65 points to trade at 505.25 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) added 4.69% or 788.35 points to end at 17587.25 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was up 3.35% or 198.00 points to 6099.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 7.85% or 7.00 points to trade at 82.15 in late trade. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 3.57% or 17.95 points to end at 484.50 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) shed 2.24% or 4.05 points to 176.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 3.36% to 6101.20, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 2.46% to settle at 3418.05 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which gained 2.17% to close at 141.55.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 7.91% to 82.10 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 2.50% to settle at 663.65 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 1.53% to 122.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1031 to 533 and 67 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1471 rose and 921 declined, while 154 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.54% to 15.8450.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.39% or 5.85 to $1515.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.26% or 0.66 to hit $53.20 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.38% or 0.79 to trade at $58.17 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.45% to 70.724, while EUR/INR rose 0.72% to 79.2675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 97.315.