Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Power and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.68%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which rose 19.26% or 35.80 points to trade at 221.70 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) added 9.27% or 725.40 points to end at 8548.80 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 5.39% or 69.60 points to 1362.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which lost 3.66% or 72.15 points to trade at 1901.00 in late trade. Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 1.56% or 5.95 points to end at 375.95 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) shed 1.47% or 12.00 points to 806.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 9.08% to 8533.00, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 5.40% to settle at 1362.15 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 3.99% to close at 4715.00.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 3.72% to 1899.20 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 1.43% to settle at 806.00 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 1.03% to 502.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 944 to 659 and 98 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1491 rose and 1203 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 0.24% to 19.6175.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 4.00 to $1865.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.76% or 0.32 to hit $42.22 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.95% or 0.42 to trade at $44.62 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 74.115, while EUR/INR fell 0.10% to 87.8890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 92.365.