© Reuters India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 1.29%
Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the rose 1.29% to hit a new all time high, while the index added 1.37%.
The best performers of the session on the were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:), which rose 5.42% or 76.70 points to trade at 1,491.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:) added 5.28% or 193.75 points to end at 3,861.00 and Infosys Ltd (NS:) was up 5.13% or 76.95 points to 1,578.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nestle India Ltd (NS:), which fell 1.72% or 426.90 points to trade at 24,366.40 at the close. HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:) declined 1.67% or 11.45 points to end at 673.10 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:) was down 1.26% or 12.65 points to 992.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:) which rose 5.58% to 1,492.40, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:) which was up 5.28% to settle at 3,860.05 and Infosys Ltd (BO:) which gained 5.20% to close at 1,579.25.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.75% to 24,358.30 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.30% to settle at 993.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:) which was down 0.65% to 10,289.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1073 to 1016 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1856 rose and 1784 declined, while 114 ended unchanged.
Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:) rose to all time highs; rising 5.42% or 76.70 to 1,491.30. Shares in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 5.28% or 193.75 to 3,861.00. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:) rose to all time highs; up 5.58% or 78.85 to 1,492.40. Shares in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.28% or 193.45 to 3,860.05.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.55% to 13.13.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.66% or 13.55 to $2,058.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.66% or 0.47 to hit $72.05 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.