Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Capital Goods and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.12%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which rose 3.60% or 14.90 points to trade at 428.60 at the close. Larsen & Toubro Limited (NS:LART) added 2.46% or 35.40 points to end at 1473.80 and Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv) was up 2.30% or 8.15 points to 362.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which lost 3.39% or 18.55 points to trade at 528.00 in late trade. Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) declined 2.63% or 9.850 points to end at 364.500 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) shed 2.53% or 26.65 points to 1025.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which rose 4.05% to 430.35, Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which was up 2.51% to settle at 1472.50 and Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which gained 2.05% to close at 555.45.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 2.34% to 1027.40 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 2.32% to settle at 841.95 and Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.44% to 1319.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 950 to 520 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1705 rose and 1043 declined, while 166 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.48% to 14.8875.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.15 to $1254.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.05% or 0.53 to hit $50.97 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.33 to trade at $52.36 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.11% to 66.721, while EUR/INR fell 0.47% to 73.5120.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 97.82.