Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.95%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC), which rose 7.46% or 5.80 points to trade at 83.50 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 6.30% or 12.55 points to end at 211.90 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 5.14% or 4.05 points to 82.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which lost 2.31% or 9.05 points to trade at 381.90 in late trade. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 2.28% or 12.85 points to end at 549.90 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) shed 2.18% or 15.40 points to 692.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 5.26% to 83.00, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was up 5.01% to settle at 2727.05 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 3.53% to close at 475.45.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 2.26% to 691.30 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 1.96% to settle at 383.20 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.83% to 552.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 963 to 535 and 98 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1352 rose and 882 declined, while 148 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.67% to 30.2200.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.82% or 14.10 to $1727.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.35% or 1.13 to hit $32.58 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.91% or 1.05 to trade at $34.98 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 75.558, while EUR/INR rose 0.40% to 84.1255.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 98.067.