Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.41%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which rose 3.49% or 66.05 points to trade at 1,956.05 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 3.48% or 23.15 points to end at 688.10 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 3.25% or 16.50 points to 524.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which lost 1.75% or 55.20 points to trade at 3,098.30 in late trade. Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) declined 1.41% or 64.50 points to end at 4,499.85 and Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) shed 1.40% or 10.85 points to 765.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 2.30% to 1,072.00, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.84% to settle at 1,268.85 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which gained 1.31% to close at 1,094.05.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.06% to 173.15 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 0.77% to settle at 3,084.85 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 0.72% to 4,389.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1078 to 847 and 55 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1772 fell and 1550 advanced, while 143 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.85% to 12.30.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.38% or 7.45 to $1,967.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.24% or 0.89 to hit $72.75 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.25% or 0.95 to trade at $76.81 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 82.71, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 89.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 103.18.