Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Real Estate and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.53%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 5.00% or 5.05 points to trade at 106.15 at the close. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) added 4.64% or 8.40 points to end at 189.60 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was up 4.27% or 80.10 points to 1955.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which lost 3.74% or 7.45 points to trade at 192.00 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 1.61% or 3.20 points to end at 195.80 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) shed 1.25% or 6.55 points to 519.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 4.75% to 105.95, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 4.39% to settle at 189.05 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 4.19% to close at 1953.90.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.24% to 519.00 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 1.16% to settle at 81.20 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 0.81% to 428.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1071 to 550 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1710 rose and 923 declined, while 143 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.30% to 19.9375 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.39% or 7.60 to $1938.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.10% or 0.47 to hit $42.35 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.52 to trade at $44.38 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.11% to 74.933, while EUR/INR fell 0.69% to 88.3455.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 93.203.