Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Consumer Durables and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.13%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which rose 3.05% or 44.50 points to trade at 1503.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 2.86% or 9.30 points to end at 334.95 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 2.84% or 335.80 points to 12155.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which fell 2.09% or 372.60 points to trade at 17426.80 at the close. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) declined 1.38% or 6.05 points to end at 433.60 and HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) was down 1.29% or 19.60 points to 1500.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 2.53% to 12120.00, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 2.24% to settle at 125.40 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 1.81% to close at 1537.60.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 1.97% to 17445.15 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 1.38% to settle at 433.60 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 1.25% to 1501.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 977 to 715 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1795 rose and 1246 declined, while 137 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.05% or 44.50 to 1503.25. Shares in Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) rose to all time highs; up 2.84% or 335.80 to 12155.65. Shares in Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) rose to all time highs; rising 2.53% or 299.45 to 12120.00. Shares in Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.24% or 2.75 to 125.40.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.24% to 15.9400.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.07% or 1.30 to $1872.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.29% or 0.20 to hit $69.01 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $71.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 73.023, while EUR/INR fell 0.13% to 88.4345.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 90.558.