Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.14% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which rose 3.35% or 170.15 points to trade at 5243.00 at the close. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) added 2.50% or 81.75 points to end at 3352.20 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 2.31% or 26.80 points to 1186.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which lost 3.10% or 29.05 points to trade at 906.75 in late trade. HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) declined 2.28% or 32.85 points to end at 1408.95 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) shed 1.97% or 2.00 points to 99.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 2.64% to 1189.75, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was up 2.43% to settle at 3350.00 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 1.42% to close at 271.40.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 3.30% to 905.05 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 2.21% to settle at 1409.60 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 2.07% to 99.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1090 to 568 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1652 fell and 1204 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 2.79% to 18.6225.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.33% or 6.25 to $1884.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.27% or 0.13 to hit $48.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.22 to trade at $51.28 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 73.537, while EUR/INR fell 0.05% to 90.1340.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 89.877.