Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the fell 0.14%, while the index lost 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the were Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:), which rose 2.63% or 164.10 points to trade at 6,400.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:) added 2.58% or 6.90 points to end at 274.40 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:) was up 2.24% or 68.70 points to 3,129.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:), which fell 2.57% or 38.55 points to trade at 1,464.20 at the close. Axis Bank Ltd (NS:) declined 1.95% or 25.15 points to end at 1,263.80 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:) was down 1.88% or 27.80 points to 1,448.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:) which rose 2.15% to 3,126.95, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.76% to settle at 989.10 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) which gained 1.31% to close at 2,920.00.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:) which was down 2.55% to 1,464.70 in late trade, Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:) which lost 2.05% to settle at 1,262.45 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.83% to 1,197.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1193 to 1061 and 23 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2075 rose and 1680 declined, while 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:) rose to all time highs; up 2.24% or 68.70 to 3,129.80. Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.15% or 65.85 to 3,126.95.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.47% to 13.80.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.38% or 8.80 to $2,345.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.77% or 0.63 to hit $82.37 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.57 to trade at $85.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 83.39, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 89.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 105.54.
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