Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Durables and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which rose 4.42% or 71.20 points to trade at 1,681.75 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) added 2.09% or 36.95 points to end at 1,805.65 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) was up 2.04% or 9.40 points to 470.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:SHMF), which lost 2.63% or 85.55 points to trade at 3,162.55 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 1.21% or 1.83 points to end at 148.95 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) shed 1.13% or 11.30 points to 986.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 4.31% to 1,680.75, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 2.39% to settle at 471.60 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which gained 2.00% to close at 1,805.00.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.39% to 148.75 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 1.05% to settle at 987.45 and JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which was down 0.90% to 997.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1476 to 982 and 160 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2075 fell and 1735 advanced, while 111 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.54% to 12.99 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.75% or 20.26 to $2,689.14 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.87% or 0.61 to hit $70.63 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.80% or 0.59 to trade at $74.00 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 84.79, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 88.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 106.67.