Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.14%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which rose 3.37% or 200.10 points to trade at 6,142.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 2.36% or 17.20 points to end at 747.35 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 1.71% or 31.00 points to 1,839.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which fell 1.88% or 59.95 points to trade at 3,134.35 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) declined 1.85% or 78.20 points to end at 4,149.20 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was down 1.65% or 20.50 points to 1,223.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 1.70% to 1,840.75, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 1.42% to settle at 1,643.30 and JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which gained 1.02% to close at 1,017.10.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.93% to 4,147.00 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 1.83% to settle at 3,135.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 1.56% to 1,223.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1238 to 1237 and 94 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2034 rose and 1676 declined, while 117 ended unchanged.
Shares in Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) rose to all time highs; up 3.37% or 200.10 to 6,142.25. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) rose to all time highs; up 1.71% or 31.00 to 1,839.65. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.70% or 30.75 to 1,840.75.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.24% to 13.33.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.67% or 17.75 to $2,657.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.57% or 0.43 to hit $75.42 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.60% or 0.48 to trade at $78.92 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.16% to 84.09, while EUR/INR rose 0.12% to 91.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 102.72.