Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.50% to hit a new 3-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 3.67% or 23.80 points to trade at 673.10 at the close. HDFC Bank Ltd . (NS:HDBK) added 3.55% or 47.10 points to end at 1375.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) was up 2.08% or 5.80 points to 284.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which lost 3.68% or 11.750 points to trade at 307.500 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 2.32% or 4.35 points to end at 183.40 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) shed 1.81% or 1.95 points to 105.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 4.03% to 675.45, HDFC Bank Ltd. (BO:HDBK) which was up 3.75% to settle at 1377.15 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which gained 1.58% to close at 592.60.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.58% to 2408.15 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which lost 1.29% to settle at 3085.65 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.21% to 999.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 788 to 706 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1384 rose and 1362 declined, while 190 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.17% to 13.4325.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.11% or 1.35 to $1242.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.39% or 0.21 to hit $53.15 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.30 to trade at $55.35 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.10% to 67.105, while EUR/INR fell 0.26% to 71.4150.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 100.64.