Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.14% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 4.20% or 58.60 points to trade at 1,453.60 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) added 3.26% or 42.15 points to end at 1,335.50 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 3.04% or 40.60 points to 1,374.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which lost 2.28% or 17.25 points to trade at 739.25 in late trade. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) declined 0.56% or 28.70 points to end at 5,098.20 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) shed 0.53% or 9.30 points to 1,733.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 4.14% to 1,453.75, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 3.21% to settle at 1,335.20 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 3.08% to close at 1,375.05.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 0.33% to 934.35 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 0.11% to settle at 189.15 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was up 0.33% to 8,292.85 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1097 to 854 and 62 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1848 rose and 1540 declined, while 132 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.80% to 10.80.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.24% or 4.65 to $1,913.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $69.88 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.10 to trade at $74.61 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 82.06, while EUR/INR fell 0.20% to 89.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 103.11.