Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.17% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 6.26% or 10.05 points to trade at 169.80 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 3.14% or 9.90 points to end at 324.65 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was up 3.03% or 15.90 points to 540.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which lost 4.41% or 10.70 points to trade at 232.35 in late trade. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) declined 3.58% or 9.50 points to end at 256.75 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) shed 2.99% or 5.30 points to 171.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 5.73% to 169.65, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was up 3.14% to settle at 324.85 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 2.21% to close at 790.20.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 3.02% to 171.95 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 2.24% to settle at 93.95 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 2.00% to 355.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 832 to 771 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1264 fell and 1255 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.49% to 19.1625.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.27% or 3.30 to $1227.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.38% or 0.71 to hit $50.74 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.57 to trade at $59.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.04% to 69.685, while EUR/INR fell 0.26% to 79.3000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 96.885.