Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Metals, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 10.09% or 70.95 points to trade at 773.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 7.25% or 81.75 points to end at 1209.55 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was up 4.18% or 36.95 points to 920.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which fell 2.90% or 13.30 points to trade at 444.80 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) declined 2.69% or 172.00 points to end at 6228.10 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was down 2.68% or 30.25 points to 1098.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 10.06% to 774.00, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 7.24% to settle at 1209.45 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which gained 2.18% to close at 3845.00.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 2.59% to 6228.90 in late trade, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which lost 2.53% to settle at 14221.30 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.28% to 431.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 920 to 765 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1746 rose and 1338 declined, while 120 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) rose to 3-years highs; rising 10.09% or 70.95 to 773.95. Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) rose to 5-year highs; rising 7.25% or 81.75 to 1209.55. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) rose to 3-years highs; up 10.06% or 70.75 to 774.00. Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) rose to 5-year highs; rising 7.24% or 81.70 to 1209.45.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.10% to 12.8025.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.20% or 3.75 to $1827.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.31% or 0.23 to hit $73.39 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.23 to trade at $74.87 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.21% to 74.399, while EUR/INR rose 0.31% to 88.5240.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 91.852.