Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Consumer Durables and Banking sectors led shares higher while losses in the Healthcare, IT and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv), which rose 3.39% or 9.25 points to trade at 282.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) added 2.08% or 20.05 points to end at 982.65 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) was up 2.02% or 81.50 points to 4125.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN), which fell 4.34% or 51.30 points to trade at 1131.05 at the close. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) declined 2.73% or 14.85 points to end at 529.15 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was down 2.31% or 12.70 points to 536.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which rose 1.57% to 455.50, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 1.46% to settle at 306.30 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which gained 0.67% to close at 362.65.
The worst performers were Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which was down 4.40% to 1131.00 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 2.78% to settle at 529.15 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 2.24% to 254.95 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 825 to 745 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1302 rose and 1295 declined, while 143 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) rose to 52-week highs; up 0.67% or 2.40 to 362.65.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.62% to 10.9150.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.35% or 4.39 to $1258.99 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.58% or 0.26 to hit $44.72 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.44 to trade at $47.36 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.22% to 64.440, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 72.0100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 97.31.