Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.28%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 4.53% or 4.70 points to trade at 108.50 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) added 4.37% or 96.85 points to end at 2312.05 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was up 4.14% or 9.15 points to 230.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART), which lost 1.18% or 16.85 points to trade at 1411.25 in late trade. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 0.68% or 6.75 points to end at 989.45 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) shed 0.55% or 0.75 points to 136.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 4.58% to 108.50, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 4.44% to settle at 2313.45 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 3.50% to close at 2079.90.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 1.22% to 984.00 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 1.20% to settle at 1411.25 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 0.40% to 3648.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 868 to 772 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1421 rose and 1393 declined, while 195 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.46% to 19.9875 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.18% or 3.20 to $1735.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.47% or 0.88 to hit $60.88 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 0.82 to trade at $64.10 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.31% to 72.465, while EUR/INR fell 0.46% to 86.2080.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 91.927.