Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Banking and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Metals and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which rose 1.75% or 5.55 points to trade at 323.15 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 1.69% or 14.15 points to end at 851.95 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) was up 1.67% or 40.15 points to 2,444.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which lost 2.84% or 9.40 points to trade at 321.95 in late trade. Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) declined 2.31% or 497.75 points to end at 21,088.40 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) shed 1.79% or 51.50 points to 2,825.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which rose 1.75% to 2,445.45, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 1.72% to settle at 323.00 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 1.49% to close at 1,940.05.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.19% to 2,529.80 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 1.19% to settle at 8,920.10 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 1.04% to 1,099.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1024 to 823 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1705 rose and 1586 declined, while 133 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.62% to 19.55.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.45% or 7.65 to $1,716.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.01% or 1.74 to hit $88.35 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.88% or 1.74 to trade at $94.10 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.20% to 79.84, while EUR/INR rose 0.76% to 79.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 109.29.