Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.29% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 5.42% or 76.70 points to trade at 1,491.30 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 5.28% or 193.75 points to end at 3,861.00 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 5.13% or 76.95 points to 1,578.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which lost 1.72% or 426.90 points to trade at 24,366.40 in late trade. HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) declined 1.67% or 11.45 points to end at 673.10 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) shed 1.26% or 12.65 points to 992.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 5.58% to 1,492.40, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 5.28% to settle at 3,860.05 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 5.20% to close at 1,579.25.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 1.75% to 24,358.30 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 1.30% to settle at 993.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 0.65% to 10,289.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1073 to 1016 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1856 rose and 1784 declined, while 114 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.55% to 13.13.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.66% or 13.55 to $2,058.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.64% or 0.46 to hit $72.04 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.44 to trade at $77.05 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.33% to 83.03, while EUR/INR fell 0.56% to 91.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 101.63.