Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Metals and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.52%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which rose 4.95% or 13.45 points to trade at 285.05 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 3.01% or 5.55 points to end at 189.65 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 2.95% or 4.90 points to 170.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which lost 1.69% or 16.00 points to trade at 932.35 in late trade. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 1.47% or 10.15 points to end at 681.10 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) shed 1.22% or 23.10 points to 1876.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 3.05% to 189.50, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 3.02% to settle at 322.60 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which gained 2.74% to close at 170.75.
The worst performers were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 1.55% to 933.30 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 1.19% to settle at 1873.95 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.02% to 660.75 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 800 to 755 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1280 rose and 1227 declined, while 153 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.74% to 16.1625.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.14% or 1.75 to $1293.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.31% or 1.09 to hit $48.18 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.47% or 1.38 to trade at $57.33 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.60% to 69.695, while EUR/INR fell 0.44% to 79.5080.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.755.