Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Auto, Consumer Durables and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.69%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN), which rose 3.23% or 24.70 points to trade at 790.55 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) added 2.93% or 62.25 points to end at 2,189.70 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 2.84% or 12.15 points to 440.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which lost 2.67% or 24.20 points to trade at 883.80 in late trade. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) declined 2.58% or 5.55 points to end at 209.30 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) shed 2.20% or 19.85 points to 883.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 2.87% to 2,568.75, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 2.84% to settle at 2,188.90 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 2.55% to close at 8,780.75.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 2.70% to 883.60 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 2.54% to settle at 209.40 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 2.28% to 883.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 933 to 864 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1698 rose and 1471 declined, while 140 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.05% to 17.60 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.24% or 4.05 to $1,701.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.70% or 1.63 to hit $97.41 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.01% or 1.99 to trade at $101.09 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 79.87, while EUR/INR rose 0.29% to 80.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 108.22.