Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Metals and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.22% to hit a new 3-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which rose 4.82% or 6.40 points to trade at 139.20 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 3.25% or 3.55 points to end at 112.65 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was up 3.16% or 4.85 points to 158.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which lost 5.62% or 221.85 points to trade at 3,726.20 in late trade. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) declined 2.64% or 116.90 points to end at 4,312.75 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) shed 1.60% or 25.85 points to 1,594.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 3.26% to 158.55, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 3.25% to settle at 112.65 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 2.24% to close at 227.80.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.56% to 1,594.50 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 1.35% to settle at 8,699.15 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 1.25% to 1,844.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 939 to 883 and 50 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1724 rose and 1536 declined, while 148 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.07% to 17.61.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.31% or 5.55 to $1,801.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.92% or 0.87 to hit $93.47 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.58 to trade at $99.02 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.03% to 79.68, while EUR/INR fell 0.12% to 82.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 105.36.