Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Durables and Power sectors led shares higher while losses in the Banking, Public Sector Undertakings and Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which rose 5.47% or 25.90 points to trade at 499.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) added 3.04% or 89.35 points to end at 3026.80 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was up 2.80% or 43.10 points to 1581.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which fell 11.13% or 27.05 points to trade at 216.00 at the close. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) declined 2.59% or 35.95 points to end at 1350.50 and GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) was down 2.14% or 2.75 points to 126.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 5.47% to 500.00, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 2.79% to settle at 1580.65 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 1.24% to close at 454.45.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.46% to 1352.55 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 1.62% to settle at 318.00 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.23% to 2451.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 767 to 763 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1275 rose and 1150 declined, while 167 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) rose to 5-year highs; rising 5.47% or 25.90 to 499.80. Shares in Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.04% or 89.35 to 3026.80. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) rose to 5-year highs; up 5.47% or 25.95 to 500.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.39% to 14.1275.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.34% or 5.25 to $1555.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.50% or 0.29 to hit $58.81 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.41 to trade at $65.03 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.15% to 71.062, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 79.0250.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.160.