Indian equities ended higher on Friday snapping earlier losses. At the close, the benchmark 30-share index, BSE Sensex added 257.21 or 0.73% at 35,689.60 with 20 components posting rise. Meanwhile, the broad based NSE Nifty climbed by 80.75 or 0.75% at 10,821.85 with 35 components registering rise.

Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (3.91%), Mahindra & Mahindra (2.87%), Housing Development Finance Corporation (2.54%), Axis Bank (2.22%), Tata Power Company (2.08%), and Cipla (2.05%).

On the other hand, Reliance Industries (1.94%), Coal India (0.99%), Wipro (0.77%), Tata Consultancy Services (0.44%), Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (0.23%), and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (0.16%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.

Market breadth was negative with 1,067 advances against 1,258 declines.

United Breweries topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 510.30 million. It was followed by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (Rs. 498.08 million), Tata Consultancy Services (Rs. 362.10 million) and Muthoot Finance (Rs. 318.63 million).

The volume chart was led by IDBI Bank with trades of over 4.84 million shares. It was followed by Vakrangee (4.17 million), Jaiprakash Associates (3.31 million) and Farmax India (2.25 million).