Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.43%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE), which rose 3.73% or 6.40 points to trade at 177.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) added 2.11% or 2.00 points to end at 96.95 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) was up 1.69% or 5.50 points to 330.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN), which fell 9.10% or 150.65 points to trade at 1504.80 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) declined 2.42% or 5.45 points to end at 220.10 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was down 2.41% or 22.75 points to 920.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 2.00% to 96.90, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 1.55% to settle at 329.95 and Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which gained 1.46% to close at 69.40.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was down 2.44% to 220.05 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 1.73% to settle at 934.10 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.17% to 1294.05 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1020 to 400 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1098 fell and 467 advanced, while 48 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.74% to 16.4250.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.16% or 2.05 to $1256.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.21% or 0.10 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.10 to trade at $48.91 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.08% to 67.490, while EUR/INR rose 0.17% to 75.6800.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 95.32.