Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Public Sector Undertakings and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.65% to hit a new 3-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 8.23% or 3.90 points to trade at 51.40 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) added 3.31% or 6.60 points to end at 205.95 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) was up 3.19% or 13.05 points to 421.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which lost 5.58% or 14.75 points to trade at 250.20 in late trade. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) declined 1.90% or 2.65 points to end at 136.85 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) shed 1.30% or 265.70 points to 20275.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 8.44% to 51.40, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 2.74% to settle at 7318.15 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 2.45% to close at 202.55.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 1.05% to 136.70 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 0.89% to settle at 61.40 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 0.69% to 3088.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1134 to 425 and 74 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1540 rose and 882 declined, while 159 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.31% to 15.9275.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.39% or 5.85 to $1492.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.82% or 0.44 to hit $54.37 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.21 to trade at $60.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.03% to 71.144, while EUR/INR rose 0.13% to 79.2040.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 97.248.