India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 1.14% By Investing.com

Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the gained 1.14% to hit a new all time high, while the index added 1.18%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the were Infosys Ltd (NS:), which rose 8.10% or 121.00 points to trade at 1,615.20 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:) added 5.76% or 12.20 points to end at 224.05 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:) was up 4.69% or 58.55 points to 1,307.95 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Cipla Ltd. (NS:), which lost 1.20% or 15.95 points to trade at 1,309.70 in late trade. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:) declined 1.06% or 62.45 points to end at 5,807.45 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:) shed 1.02% or 16.95 points to 1,652.30.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:) which rose 7.84% to 1,612.20, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:) which was up 4.73% to settle at 1,307.55 and LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:) which gained 4.46% to close at 6,232.15.

The worst performers were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.05% to 1,651.65 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:) which lost 0.97% to settle at 239.50 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:) 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 , 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.