Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which rose 6.98% or 222.85 points to trade at 3402.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 4.65% or 30.90 points to end at 700.50 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 3.77% or 38.45 points to 1062.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which fell 2.98% or 9.50 points to trade at 308.55 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) declined 2.45% or 7.10 points to end at 282.15 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was down 2.40% or 14.90 points to 606.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 6.76% to 3406.40, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 4.02% to settle at 1178.25 and Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which gained 3.25% to close at 292.05.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 3.00% to 308.45 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 2.49% to settle at 281.95 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 2.29% to 606.35 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 942 to 653 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1362 fell and 1135 advanced, while 142 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) rose to all time highs; up 6.98% or 222.85 to 3402.45. Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) rose to 3-years highs; rising 4.65% or 30.90 to 700.50. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) rose to 3-years highs; up 3.77% or 38.45 to 1062.35. Shares in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) rose to all time highs; rising 6.76% or 215.75 to 3406.40.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.89% to 12.9375 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.42% or 5.70 to $1343.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.38% or 0.26 to hit $68.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.25 to trade at $74.03 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.00% to 66.043, while EUR/INR fell 0.11% to 81.2279.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 89.90.