Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Banking and Green Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.57%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which rose 16.94% or 272.25 points to trade at 1,879.50 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 9.91% or 61.75 points to end at 684.65 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 5.14% or 27.45 points to 561.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which lost 2.22% or 24.65 points to trade at 1,085.15 in late trade. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) declined 1.00% or 73.25 points to end at 7,215.95 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) shed 0.88% or 7.80 points to 878.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 5.11% to 561.10, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 3.30% to settle at 764.60 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 2.46% to close at 2,385.05.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 2.19% to 1,085.45 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which lost 1.04% to settle at 7,213.85 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 0.17% to 18,458.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1306 to 616 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2088 rose and 1305 declined, while 119 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.09% to 12.18 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.71% or 13.10 to $1,853.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $78.06 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.17 to trade at $84.58 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.48% to 81.95, while EUR/INR fell 0.25% to 87.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 104.64.