Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Durables and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.25%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which rose 8.94% or 38.50 points to trade at 469.20 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 4.65% or 16.45 points to end at 370.00 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) was up 2.69% or 175.90 points to 6715.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which lost 1.54% or 9.70 points to trade at 619.40 in late trade. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) declined 1.43% or 8.25 points to end at 566.95 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) shed 1.13% or 15.50 points to 1359.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 3.07% to 2665.80, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was up 2.43% to settle at 6696.05 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 2.19% to close at 107.30.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 1.55% to 566.60 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 1.09% to settle at 1359.70 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 0.94% to 4616.55 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 972 to 665 and 75 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1594 rose and 1195 declined, while 150 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.33% to 20.4025.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.50% or 8.85 to $1775.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $63.38 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $66.91 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.42% to 74.409, while EUR/INR fell 0.26% to 89.1675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 91.550.