Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Public Sector Undertakings and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.15%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 1.91% or 4.55 points to trade at 242.50 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 1.66% or 3.20 points to end at 195.90 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 1.26% or 14.20 points to 1,138.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which lost 2.16% or 68.70 points to trade at 3,105.20 in late trade. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 1.80% or 27.95 points to end at 1,524.10 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) shed 0.95% or 12.05 points to 1,255.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.12% to 242.75, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 1.38% to settle at 1,139.50 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which gained 1.05% to close at 8,720.30.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.86% to 1,524.20 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which lost 1.13% to settle at 1,253.60 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 0.86% to 3,256.35 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1081 to 998 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1844 rose and 1717 declined, while 125 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.14% to 11.11.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.63% or 12.35 to $1,957.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.98% or 0.74 to hit $76.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.82 to trade at $80.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 83.33, while EUR/INR rose 0.10% to 88.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 105.76.