India stocks mixed at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.03%

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 fell 0.03%, while the index gained 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:), which rose 5.47% or 25.90 points to trade at 499.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:) added 3.04% or 89.35 points to end at 3026.80 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:) was up 2.80% or 43.10 points to 1581.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:), which fell 11.13% or 27.05 points to trade at 216.00 at the close. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:) declined 2.59% or 35.95 points to end at 1350.50 and GAIL Ltd (NS:) was down 2.14% or 2.75 points to 126.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which rose 5.47% to 500.00, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:) which was up 2.79% to settle at 1580.65 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:) which gained 1.24% to close at 454.45.

The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:) which was down 2.46% to 1352.55 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:) which lost 1.62% to settle at 318.00 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.23% to 2451.70 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 767 to 763 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1275 rose and 1150 declined, while 167 ended unchanged.

Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 5.47% or 25.90 to 499.80. Shares in Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.04% or 89.35 to 3026.80. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) rose to 5-year highs; up 5.47% or 25.95 to 500.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.39% to 14.1275.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.34% or 5.25 to $1555.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.50% or 0.29 to hit $58.81 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.41 to trade at $65.03 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.15% to 71.062, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 79.0250.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.160.

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