Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Green Energy and Carbon sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.67%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which rose 7.58% or 90.25 points to trade at 1,280.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) added 4.93% or 189.55 points to end at 4,033.35 and LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM) was up 3.42% or 158.35 points to 4,793.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which fell 7.73% or 564.10 points to trade at 6,730.80 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) declined 3.66% or 60.55 points to end at 1,595.00 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was down 3.08% or 46.10 points to 1,450.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 7.70% to 1,281.70, LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which was up 3.35% to settle at 4,792.00 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which gained 0.81% to close at 464.75.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 7.68% to 6,733.55 in late trade, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which lost 3.67% to settle at 1,595.00 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 3.08% to 1,450.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1103 to 1067 and 59 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1935 rose and 1705 declined, while 127 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.82% to 10.93.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.69% or 16.15 to $2,358.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.41% or 0.34 to hit $83.91 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.35 to trade at $89.36 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.11% to 83.36, while EUR/INR rose 0.10% to 89.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 105.56.