Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, IT and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher while losses in the Metals, Capital Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty gained 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Bank Of Baroda (NSE:BOB), which rose 1.31% or 2.35 points to trade at 181.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) added 1.29% or 10.85 points to end at 850.55 and Wipro Ltd . (NSE:WIPR) was up 1.27% or 7.00 points to 559.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cairn India Limited (NSE:CAIL), which fell 3.86% or 5.85 points to trade at 145.65 at the close. TATA STEEL LIMITED (NSE:TISC) declined 3.02% or 7.25 points to end at 232.95 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NSE:BHEL) was down 2.93% or 6.35 points to 210.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which rose 1.07% to 557.30, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 1.12% to settle at 230.15 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 0.96% to close at 1090.70.
The worst performers were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was down 3.02% to 233.05 in late trade, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which lost 2.56% to settle at 97.10 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 2.48% to 285.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 843 to 575 and 13 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 423 rose and 327 declined, while 1 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 0.93% to 24.9750.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.34% or 3.80 to $1105.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.33% or 1.07 to hit $44.85 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.20% or 1.07 to trade at $47.81 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.39% to 66.561, while EUR/INR rose 0.26% to 74.9630.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.61.