Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Green Energy and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.75%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 4.43% or 24.55 points to trade at 577.25 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 3.75% or 84.55 points to end at 2336.05 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 3.13% or 187.45 points to 6176.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which lost 1.97% or 20.30 points to trade at 1012.50 in late trade. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) declined 2.09% or 6.60 points to end at 311.15 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) shed 0.97% or 2.60 points to 264.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 3.91% to 576.30, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 2.87% to settle at 909.00 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 2.54% to close at 1902.40.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.94% to 1012.30 in late trade, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which lost 0.99% to settle at 265.10 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 0.44% to 1811.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 845 to 736 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1362 fell and 1122 advanced, while 127 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.41% to 12.0225.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1270.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.11% or 0.73 to hit $66.27 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.26% or 0.92 to trade at $73.97 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.03% to 67.855, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 78.9070.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 94.32.