Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Metals, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.21% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 2.89% or 10.75 points to trade at 383.10 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 2.87% or 18.75 points to end at 671.55 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was up 2.54% or 7.30 points to 294.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which lost 3.16% or 13.25 points to trade at 405.40 in late trade. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) declined 1.64% or 88.75 points to end at 5316.80 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) shed 1.86% or 18.80 points to 991.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which rose 2.66% to 381.95, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was up 2.28% to settle at 293.35 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which gained 1.69% to close at 1150.50.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.22% to 251.20 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 1.17% to settle at 541.90 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 0.66% to 309.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 833 to 760 and 60 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1403 fell and 1241 advanced, while 125 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.88% to 14.1400 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.10% or 1.40 to $1343.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.51% or 0.34 to hit $67.41 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.29 to trade at $72.31 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.13% to 65.205, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 80.4511.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 89.41.