India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.26% By Investing.com

Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the declined 0.26%, while the index declined 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:), which rose 2.03% or 55.20 points to trade at 2,779.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Infosys Ltd (NS:) added 0.91% or 13.70 points to end at 1,521.70 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:) was up 0.91% or 14.90 points to 1,652.05 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:), which fell 6.50% or 93.10 points to trade at 1,339.45 at the close. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:) declined 5.48% or 329.00 points to end at 5,678.85 and Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:) was down 4.61% or 996.75 points to 20,638.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:) which rose 2.02% to 2,779.50, Infosys Ltd (BO:) which was up 0.94% to settle at 1,522.00 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:) which gained 0.85% to close at 1,651.60.

The worst performers were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:) which was down 5.49% to 5,677.40 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:) which lost 2.71% to settle at 7,709.85 and NTPC Ltd (BO:) which was down 2.51% to 155.05 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1249 to 585 and 46 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1907 fell and 1314 advanced, while 127 ended unchanged.

Shares in Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.50% or 93.10 to 1,339.45. Shares in UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.48% or 329.00 to 5,678.85. Shares in Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.61% or 996.75 to 20,638.00. Shares in UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.49% or 329.95 to 5,677.40.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.05% to 19.90 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.19% or 3.50 to $1,867.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.66% or 0.77 to hit $116.10 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.64 to trade at $116.97 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.30% to 77.61, while EUR/INR rose 0.20% to 83.32.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 101.92.