Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.51% to hit a new 3-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which rose 9.17% or 497.45 points to trade at 5925.00 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 6.55% or 165.40 points to end at 2691.35 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was up 6.48% or 107.30 points to 1763.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which lost 2.20% or 11.00 points to trade at 488.20 in late trade. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 1.31% or 6.65 points to end at 499.95 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) shed 1.26% or 1.35 points to 105.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 6.74% to 2697.80, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 6.23% to settle at 1759.50 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 4.23% to close at 172.40.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.94% to 484.25 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which lost 1.37% to settle at 184.10 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.35% to 499.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1143 to 475 and 46 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1701 rose and 796 declined, while 136 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.74% to 29.9650.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.43% or 7.45 to $1738.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.75% or 1.07 to hit $39.91 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.24% or 0.93 to trade at $42.44 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.31% to 76.154, while EUR/INR fell 0.31% to 85.3080.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 97.485.