Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the S&P BSE Realty, S&P BSE Metals and S&P BSE Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares higher while losses in the S&P BSE Bankex, S&P BSE IPO and S&P BSE Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty rose 0.02% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Sesa Sterlite Ltd (NSE:SESA), which rose 3.96% or 7.70 points to trade at 202.35 at the close. Meanwhile, NMDC Ltd (NSE:NMDC) added 2.27% or 3.00 points to end at 135.20 and IDFC LIMITED (NSE:IDFC) was up 2.21% or 3.80 points to 176.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lupin Ltd (NSE:LUPN), which fell 2.56% or 51.55 points to trade at 1964.20 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NSE:CIPL) declined 2.54% or 18.30 points to end at 701.15 and Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (NSE:JNSP) was down 2.20% or 3.55 points to 157.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sesa Sterlite Ltd (BO:SESA) which rose 3.65% to 201.70, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 1.85% to settle at 285.65 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 1.62% to close at 3800.15.
The worst performers were Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 2.66% to 700.05 in late trade, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which lost 1.46% to settle at 137.90 and HDFC Bank Ltd. (BO:HDBK) which was down 1.40% to 1041.40 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 883 to 562 and 4 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 332 rose and 253 declined.
Shares in Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.62% or 60.60 to 3800.15.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 1.13% to 14.2550.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.80% or 9.50 to $1203.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.43% or 0.22 to hit $50.57 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.20 to trade at $56.77 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 62.303, while EUR/INR fell 0.60% to 66.0130.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.46% at 99.71.