Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Metals and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.97%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which rose 3.83% or 15.80 points to trade at 428.45 at the close. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) added 3.49% or 8.85 points to end at 262.20 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (NS:IOC) was up 3.41% or 13.35 points to 404.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which lost 2.26% or 8.65 points to trade at 373.70 in late trade. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 2.04% or 10.05 points to end at 482.50 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) shed 1.74% or 9.95 points to 563.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which rose 3.44% to 261.70, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 2.21% to settle at 521.50 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which gained 2.21% to close at 411.05.
The worst performers were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 2.08% to 482.55 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which lost 1.19% to settle at 3513.05 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.09% to 313.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 949 to 612 and 46 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1544 rose and 1092 declined, while 153 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.20% to 13.6725.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.45% or 5.60 to $1247.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.69% or 0.39 to hit $57.08 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.43 to trade at $62.63 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.11% to 64.485, while EUR/INR fell 0.43% to 75.6954.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.99.