Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Consumer Durables and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Power, Public Sector Undertakings and Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.05%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 7.33% or 47.45 points to trade at 694.35 at the close. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) added 2.79% or 113.20 points to end at 4167.10 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was up 2.70% or 65.20 points to 2482.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which lost 3.88% or 4.85 points to trade at 120.25 in late trade. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) declined 3.78% or 5.75 points to end at 146.40 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) shed 3.70% or 25.75 points to 670.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 2.64% to 2480.75, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was up 2.61% to settle at 4164.95 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 1.93% to close at 538.90.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 3.72% to 120.35 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 3.16% to settle at 113.55 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.80% to 233.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1223 to 483 and 29 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1945 fell and 1120 advanced, while 128 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.21% to 14.7975.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.97% or 17.15 to $1791.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.37% or 0.26 to hit $70.78 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.57% or 0.42 to trade at $72.66 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.37% to 73.891, while EUR/INR fell 0.28% to 88.0475.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 91.890.