Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Consumer Durables and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.08%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which rose 3.66% or 20.55 points to trade at 581.95 at the close. Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) added 3.35% or 645.05 points to end at 19880.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was up 2.47% or 125.60 points to 5210.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS:AXBK), which lost 2.54% or 11.35 points to trade at 436.20 in late trade. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 2.43% or 19.85 points to end at 797.25 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) shed 1.76% or 375.35 points to 20930.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which rose 4.03% to 582.75, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 2.40% to settle at 623.80 and Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which gained 2.39% to close at 2627.80.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 2.23% to 438.45 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 1.20% to settle at 193.00 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 1.08% to 224.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 783 to 696 and 67 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1278 fell and 1236 advanced, while 166 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.73% to 15.1275.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.11% or 1.25 to $1131.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.64% or 0.34 to hit $52.61 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.32 to trade at $54.73 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 67.811, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 70.8769.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 103.00.