Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, IT and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Metals, Capital Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty gained 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Bank Of Baroda (NSE:BOB), which rose 1.31% or 2.35 points to trade at 181.30 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) added 1.29% or 10.85 points to end at 850.55 and Wipro Ltd . (NSE:WIPR) was up 1.27% or 7.00 points to 559.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cairn India Limited (NSE:CAIL), which lost 3.86% or 5.85 points to trade at 145.65 in late trade. TATA STEEL LIMITED (NSE:TISC) declined 3.02% or 7.25 points to end at 232.95 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NSE:BHEL) shed 2.93% or 6.35 points to 210.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which rose 1.20% to 558.00, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 1.12% to settle at 230.15 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 0.96% to close at 1090.70.
The worst performers were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was down 3.02% to 233.05 in late trade, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which lost 2.56% to settle at 97.10 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 2.48% to 285.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 843 to 575 and 13 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 423 rose and 327 declined, while 1 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 0.93% to 24.9750.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.00 to $1106.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.33% or 1.07 to hit $44.85 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.18% or 1.06 to trade at $47.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.39% to 66.561, while EUR/INR rose 0.26% to 74.9630.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 95.62.