Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Technology and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.33% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which rose 2.48% or 40.10 points to trade at 1,658.65 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 2.01% or 141.90 points to end at 7,205.45 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 1.90% or 52.40 points to 2,810.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which lost 1.08% or 12.15 points to trade at 1,109.50 in late trade. HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) declined 0.77% or 12.65 points to end at 1,625.90 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) shed 0.72% or 11.80 points to 1,635.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 2.12% to 7,213.00, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 2.01% to settle at 2,813.20 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.71% to close at 417.00.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 0.95% to 1,109.00 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 0.82% to settle at 1,625.10 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 0.59% to 3,023.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1412 to 1035 and 20 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2104 rose and 1663 declined, while 113 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.70% to 13.41.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.29% or 7.40 to $2,552.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $75.94 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $78.84 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.04% to 83.85, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 92.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 101.29.