Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Metals and Consumer Durables sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.35%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 3.19% or 31.80 points to trade at 1029.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 2.47% or 17.15 points to end at 710.70 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) was up 1.88% or 1.95 points to 105.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which fell 3.61% or 34.10 points to trade at 911.30 at the close. Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) declined 2.12% or 45.20 points to end at 2089.05 and Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) was down 1.89% or 546.65 points to 28420.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 3.11% to 1029.20, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 1.49% to settle at 607.80 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 1.37% to close at 1264.90.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 2.07% to 2089.05 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which lost 1.70% to settle at 7527.30 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.40% to 435.65 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 946 to 742 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1728 rose and 1339 declined, while 107 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.37% or 17.05 to 1264.90.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.06% to 12.6075.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.53% or 9.65 to $1799.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.27% or 0.88 to hit $69.97 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.22% or 0.87 to trade at $72.16 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.07% to 74.148, while EUR/INR fell 0.13% to 87.5580.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 92.418.