Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, IT and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 2.26%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 2.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which rose 7.69% or 13.00 points to trade at 182.10 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) added 6.60% or 357.90 points to end at 5783.60 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 5.30% or 41.80 points to 830.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which lost 0.86% or 3.25 points to trade at 374.00 in late trade. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) declined 0.58% or 2.95 points to end at 502.20 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) gained 0.06% or 0.35 points to 578.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 6.64% to 5787.30, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 5.30% to settle at 829.80 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 4.98% to close at 439.70.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 0.34% to 1925.70 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which gained 0.56% to settle at 2071.80 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 0.60% to 1253.35 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1347 to 254 and 81 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1914 rose and 646 declined, while 164 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 12.06% to 20.6750.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.82% or 15.40 to $1861.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.94% or 0.38 to hit $39.93 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.21 to trade at $41.73 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.26% to 73.709, while EUR/INR fell 0.62% to 85.7195.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 94.625.