India stocks mixed at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.05% By Investing.com

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 lost 0.05% to hit a new all time high, while the index gained 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:), which rose 1.99% or 34.80 points to trade at 1,783.95 at the close. Meanwhile, SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:) added 1.48% or 21.70 points to end at 1,485.45 and HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:) was up 1.47% or 22.40 points to 1,550.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:), which fell 1.93% or 43.85 points to trade at 2,234.00 at the close. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:) declined 1.75% or 174.80 points to end at 9,830.30 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:) was down 1.42% or 53.85 points to 3,744.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:) which rose 1.92% to 1,782.25, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.56% to settle at 1,681.00 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.41% to close at 1,549.50.

The worst performers were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.69% to 9,837.80 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.46% to settle at 3,744.45 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.45% to 1,189.40 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1345 to 837 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2341 rose and 1361 declined, while 96 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.05% to 11.34.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.17% or 4.00 to $2,312.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.24% or 0.21 to hit $86.80 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.37 to trade at $91.02 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.20% to 83.31, while EUR/INR fell 0.21% to 90.27.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 104.01.

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 lost 0.05% to hit a new all time high, while the index gained 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:), which rose 1.99% or 34.80 points to trade at 1,783.95 at the close. Meanwhile, SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:) added 1.48% or 21.70 points to end at 1,485.45 and HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:) was up 1.47% or 22.40 points to 1,550.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:), which fell 1.93% or 43.85 points to trade at 2,234.00 at the close. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:) declined 1.75% or 174.80 points to end at 9,830.30 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:) was down 1.42% or 53.85 points to 3,744.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:) which rose 1.92% to 1,782.25, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.56% to settle at 1,681.00 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.41% to close at 1,549.50.

The worst performers were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.69% to 9,837.80 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.46% to settle at 3,744.45 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.45% to 1,189.40 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1345 to 837 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2341 rose and 1361 declined, while 96 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.05% to 11.34.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.17% or 4.00 to $2,312.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.24% or 0.21 to hit $86.80 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.37 to trade at $91.02 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.20% to 83.31, while EUR/INR fell 0.21% to 90.27.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 104.01.