Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Auto and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.28%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 5.87% or 139.25 points to trade at 2,511.00 at the close. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) added 2.42% or 57.40 points to end at 2,430.00 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) was up 1.92% or 186.15 points to 9,895.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which lost 1.63% or 23.10 points to trade at 1,398.00 in late trade. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) declined 1.56% or 61.00 points to end at 3,839.95 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) shed 1.26% or 18.30 points to 1,433.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 5.78% to 2,510.00, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was up 1.85% to settle at 9,887.00 and JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which gained 1.77% to close at 902.00.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.55% to 3,840.00 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which lost 1.22% to settle at 1,331.50 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.89% to 2,321.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1417 to 783 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2291 rose and 1379 declined, while 120 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.99% to 19.80.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.05% or 1.30 to $2,386.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $79.36 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.15 to trade at $83.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.15% to 83.35, while EUR/INR fell 0.37% to 90.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 104.65.