Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.82%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which rose 6.55% or 21.55 points to trade at 351.15 at the close. Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) added 5.70% or 7.35 points to end at 137.40 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 6.18% or 32.00 points to 547.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which lost 1.78% or 23.80 points to trade at 1310.50 in late trade. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) declined 1.50% or 3.60 points to end at 236.10 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) shed 0.80% or 3.20 points to 395.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 6.55% to 137.50, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was up 5.24% to settle at 59.25 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 4.66% to close at 122.30.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 1.90% to 1310.35 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which lost 1.71% to settle at 236.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 0.85% to 395.75 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 903 to 667 and 60 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1272 rose and 1085 declined, while 126 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.83% to 17.3475.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.95 to $1505.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $55.31 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.06 to trade at $59.86 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.23% to 71.748, while EUR/INR fell 0.41% to 79.3315.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 98.320.