Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Auto, Real Estate and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.21%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which rose 4.54% or 11.65 points to trade at 268.05 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) added 4.05% or 142.05 points to end at 3637.10 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 3.04% or 7.95 points to 270.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which lost 2.25% or 14.10 points to trade at 612.50 in late trade. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 1.81% or 11.70 points to end at 634.90 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) shed 1.40% or 7.95 points to 558.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which rose 4.25% to 3651.55, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was up 3.69% to settle at 271.15 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which gained 2.25% to close at 156.85.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 1.28% to 558.45 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 1.22% to settle at 150.25 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.11% to 1910.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 905 to 691 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1410 rose and 1149 declined, while 136 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.05% to 12.4425.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.27% or 3.40 to $1255.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.75% or 0.55 to hit $72.39 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.81% or 0.63 to trade at $76.76 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.23% to 68.965, while EUR/INR rose 0.25% to 80.7352.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.06.