Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Auto and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 2.06%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 2.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 9.58% or 32.90 points to trade at 376.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 8.28% or 34.25 points to end at 448.00 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) was up 6.67% or 11.10 points to 177.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which fell 8.85% or 31.75 points to trade at 326.90 at the close. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) declined 8.33% or 28.50 points to end at 313.75 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was down 7.44% or 23.15 points to 288.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 9.42% to 375.90, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 6.88% to settle at 177.80 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 6.24% to close at 69.85.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 9.16% to 325.60 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 8.49% to settle at 313.25 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 8.01% to 286.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 775 to 716 and 104 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1085 rose and 1046 declined, while 159 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 7.91% to 55.3025.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.51% or 8.40 to $1629.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 4.58% or 1.16 to hit $26.48 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 8.78% or 2.63 to trade at $32.57 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.45% to 76.050, while EUR/INR fell 0.86% to 82.2180.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 100.725.