Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Auto, Real Estate and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.72%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 7.57% or 35.90 points to trade at 510.45 at the close. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) added 6.45% or 13.60 points to end at 224.40 and Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) was up 5.82% or 1237.80 points to 22489.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which lost 4.46% or 7.85 points to trade at 168.10 in late trade. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 3.39% or 2.95 points to end at 83.95 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) shed 3.07% or 17.55 points to 554.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 7.28% to 509.00, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 4.78% to settle at 2448.95 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which gained 3.74% to close at 2395.45.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 3.39% to 83.95 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 2.91% to settle at 555.10 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.84% to 166.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 839 to 772 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1184 rose and 1180 declined, while 144 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.92% to 30.8225.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.21% or 3.70 to $1743.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.22% or 0.08 to hit $36.26 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.04 to trade at $38.59 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 75.882, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 85.8300.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.705.