Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Banking and Power sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer Durables, Oil & Gas and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which rose 2.99% or 8.30 points to trade at 286.20 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) added 2.07% or 28.95 points to end at 1430.10 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS:AXBK) was up 1.97% or 9.70 points to 501.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which lost 2.45% or 28.20 points to trade at 1123.15 in late trade. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 1.74% or 12.45 points to end at 702.45 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) shed 1.55% or 3.00 points to 191.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which rose 2.82% to 285.90, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 2.04% to settle at 1007.55 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 1.83% to close at 500.85.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 2.43% to 1122.20 in late trade, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which lost 1.48% to settle at 399.15 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.35% to 1333.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1067 to 505 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1741 fell and 931 advanced, while 161 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.09% to 11.3025.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.02% or 0.21 to $1252.59 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.16% or 0.57 to hit $49.92 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.62 to trade at $53.13 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.45% to 64.615, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 72.1114.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 97.39.