Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Auto and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.39%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which rose 3.63% or 164.10 points to trade at 4,684.00 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) added 3.61% or 429.55 points to end at 12,337.70 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 3.17% or 14.45 points to 470.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM), which lost 3.00% or 154.90 points to trade at 5,005.00 in late trade. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 2.95% or 45.85 points to end at 1,508.85 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) shed 2.67% or 13.35 points to 487.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 3.22% to 1,615.00, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 3.21% to settle at 12,295.75 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 2.37% to close at 1,519.00.
The worst performers were LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which was down 2.92% to 5,010.00 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 2.78% to settle at 1,512.00 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 2.76% to 486.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1418 to 748 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2332 rose and 1332 declined, while 96 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.34% to 12.22 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.76% or 16.70 to $2,168.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.02% or 0.02 to hit $81.05 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.06 to trade at $85.72 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.35% to 83.52, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 90.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 104.08.