Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the gained 0.09% to hit a new all time high, while the index fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:), which rose 4.06% or 11.25 points to trade at 288.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:) added 2.64% or 81.95 points to end at 3,190.00 and State Bank Of India (NS:) was up 2.50% or 20.95 points to 860.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:), which fell 4.47% or 77.15 points to trade at 1,650.00 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:) declined 1.90% or 63.50 points to end at 3,272.50 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:) was down 0.92% or 26.80 points to 2,876.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:) which rose 2.58% to 3,188.00, State Bank Of India (BO:) which was up 2.47% to settle at 860.00 and NTPC Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.90% to close at 380.00.
The worst performers were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:) which was down 4.40% to 1,650.70 in late trade, Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.84% to settle at 3,274.35 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which was down 0.82% to 2,879.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1311 to 949 and 22 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2157 rose and 1616 declined, while 90 ended unchanged.
Shares in Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.06% or 11.25 to 288.30. Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:) rose to all time highs; up 2.64% or 81.95 to 3,190.00. Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:) rose to all time highs; rising 2.58% or 80.10 to 3,188.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.24% to 12.69 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.16% or 3.85 to $2,373.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $83.91 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.10 to trade at $87.33 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 83.50, while EUR/INR rose 0.12% to 90.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 104.65.
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