Investing.com – Indian stocks were lower after Thursday’s close as losses in the , and sectors dragged shares lower.
At the close of NSE, the index was down 0.95%, while the index was down 0.83%.
The best artists of the session on the were ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:), which rose 1.34% or 14.75 points to trade at 1,116.75. In the meantime, Ash bank Ltd (NS:) added 1.06% or 12.25 points to end at 1,172.00 and State Bank Of India (NS:) rose 0.66% or 5.45 points to 828.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:), which fell 5.19% or 9.05 points to trade at 165.20 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:) fell 3.16% or 40.65 points to end at 1,245.80 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:) fell 2.86% or 68.70 points to 2,331.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:), which rose 1.28% to 1,116.40, Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:), which rose 1.00% to settle at 1,171.35, and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:), which posted a gain. 0.74% to 1,518.95.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:), which fell 5.22% to 165.10 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:), which lost 3.15% to settle at 1,245.35 , and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:), which fell 2.83% to 308.55 at the close.
From 1639 to 556, falling stocks outnumbered rising stocks on the India National Stock Exchange, and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2499 fell and 1164 advanced, while 103 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was unchanged 0.00% at 24.17.
August gold futures fell 0.42%, or 10.00, to $2,354.10 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for July delivery fell 0.37% or 0.29 to $78.94 per barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.33 to $83.10 per barrel. barrel.
USD/INR fell 0.09% to 83.30, while EUR/INR fell 0.02% to 90.08.
US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.13% to 104.89.
