Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Metals and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.67%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 3.36% or 36.05 points to trade at 1,108.45 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 2.94% or 11.30 points to end at 396.25 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 2.76% or 19.25 points to 715.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which lost 2.00% or 60.85 points to trade at 2,974.60 in late trade. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) declined 1.55% or 5.90 points to end at 375.55 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) shed 1.48% or 2.65 points to 176.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 3.58% to 1,110.50, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was up 2.53% to settle at 7,288.70 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 2.32% to close at 18,870.95.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 1.51% to 375.75 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 1.48% to settle at 8,310.75 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.25% to 177.35 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1171 to 729 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1952 rose and 1431 declined, while 129 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 8.94% to 14.77.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.60% or 11.45 to $1,934.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.64% or 1.12 to hit $69.47 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.33% or 0.99 to trade at $75.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 82.58, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 87.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 103.93.