Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Capital Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.24%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART), which rose 2.70% or 93.30 points to trade at 3,552.00 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 2.65% or 29.80 points to end at 1,153.00 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 1.96% or 71.80 points to 3,738.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which lost 1.62% or 86.80 points to trade at 5,274.50 in late trade. Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) declined 1.61% or 43.54 points to end at 2,668.10 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) shed 1.04% or 8.70 points to 828.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which rose 2.54% to 3,547.05, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 1.99% to settle at 3,739.95 and LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which gained 1.27% to close at 5,942.10.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 1.64% to 2,667.00 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 1.09% to settle at 3,342.40 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.04% to 1,844.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1148 to 992 and 41 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2142 rose and 1563 declined, while 97 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.25% to 12.63.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.26% or 5.35 to $2,044.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.90% or 0.65 to hit $72.84 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.68% or 0.53 to trade at $78.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 83.17, while EUR/INR fell 0.50% to 90.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 102.52.