Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Auto, Metals and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.45%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which rose 5.50% or 174.15 points to trade at 3329.35 at the close. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) added 5.13% or 142.90 points to end at 2923.55 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was up 4.57% or 17.00 points to 389.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 4.58% or 15.55 points to trade at 323.40 in late trade. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) declined 1.86% or 12.60 points to end at 664.25 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) shed 2.08% or 8.00 points to 377.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which rose 5.27% to 3327.45, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was up 5.06% to settle at 2924.00 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 4.98% to close at 390.80.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 4.59% to 323.45 in late trade, Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which lost 1.89% to settle at 377.10 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 1.84% to 664.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 936 to 670 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1487 rose and 1126 declined, while 175 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.22% to 13.8900 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.20 to $1206.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $67.78 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $76.45 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.35% to 71.695, while EUR/INR fell 0.26% to 83.4000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.91.