Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Green Energy and Carbon sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.77% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which rose 6.53% or 256.30 points to trade at 4,180.00 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 4.57% or 24.40 points to end at 558.50 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 3.41% or 56.40 points to 1,709.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which lost 1.17% or 148.20 points to trade at 12,567.00 in late trade. Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) declined 0.93% or 42.50 points to end at 4,540.00 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) shed 0.90% or 27.10 points to 2,994.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 6.61% to 4,182.00, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was up 4.49% to settle at 558.35 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 3.41% to close at 1,709.50.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.00% to 12,585.75 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 0.99% to settle at 2,993.35 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 0.81% to 3,223.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1418 to 833 and 29 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2180 fell and 1601 advanced, while 101 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.93% to 13.73.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.64% or 15.40 to $2,406.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.05% or 0.87 to hit $83.49 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.67 to trade at $86.07 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 83.52, while EUR/INR rose 0.22% to 90.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 104.02.