Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, IT and Power sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Metals, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Consumer Durables sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.07%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 4.18% or 24.75 points to trade at 616.60 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) added 2.69% or 16.95 points to end at 647.60 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) was up 1.39% or 10.30 points to 750.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which lost 3.97% or 9.00 points to trade at 217.45 in late trade. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 2.60% or 3.55 points to end at 132.90 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) shed 2.56% or 16.50 points to 627.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 2.66% to 647.45, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.41% to settle at 1310.25 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 1.20% to close at 749.05.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 3.97% to 217.45 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 2.46% to settle at 97.00 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 2.34% to 628.45 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 908 to 723 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1489 fell and 1369 advanced, while 156 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.35% to 22.0425.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.33% or 5.95 to $1820.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.74% or 0.43 to hit $57.81 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.39 to trade at $60.75 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.18% to 72.568, while EUR/INR fell 0.35% to 87.8615.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 90.578.