Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.39% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hero MotoCorp Limited (NS:HROM), which rose 3.12% or 116.40 points to trade at 3849.75 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 2.81% or 14.50 points to end at 530.05 and Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) was up 2.57% or 37.15 points to 1481.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which lost 1.95% or 8.00 points to trade at 402.35 in late trade. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 1.92% or 14.20 points to end at 724.80 and Indiabulls (NS:INBF) shed 1.15% or 13.20 points to 1131.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which rose 2.82% to 3840.00, Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was up 2.63% to settle at 528.65 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which gained 2.13% to close at 357.25.
The worst performers were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 1.47% to 402.30 in late trade, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which lost 1.27% to settle at 491.60 and POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (BO:PGRD) which was down 0.77% to 206.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 902 to 662 and 4 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1429 rose and 1195 declined, while 152 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.40% to 10.8100.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.34% or 4.31 to $1262.69 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.48% or 1.20 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.49% or 1.26 to trade at $49.37 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.09% to 64.442, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 72.3063.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 97.16.