Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Real Estate 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 1.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which rose 8.10% or 121.00 points to trade at 1,615.20 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 5.76% or 12.20 points to end at 224.05 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 4.69% or 58.55 points to 1,307.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which lost 1.20% or 15.95 points to trade at 1,309.70 in late trade. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) declined 1.06% or 62.45 points to end at 5,807.45 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) shed 1.02% or 16.95 points to 1,652.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 7.84% to 1,612.20, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 4.73% to settle at 1,307.55 and LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which gained 4.46% to close at 6,232.15.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 1.05% to 1,651.65 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 0.97% to settle at 239.50 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was down 0.81% to 9,823.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1087 to 1049 and 41 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2000 rose and 1723 declined, while 84 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.60% to 13.10.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.26% or 25.45 to $2,044.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.55% or 2.56 to hit $74.58 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.35% or 2.59 to trade at $80.00 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.21% to 82.91, while EUR/INR fell 0.30% to 90.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 102.11.