After the market closed on Friday, India stocks went up and down. Gains in the capital goods, banking, and fast-moving consumer goods sectors led to higher shares, while losses in the oil & gas, metals, and IT sectors led to lower shares.
At the end of the day on the NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 rose 0.06%.
ITC Ltd. (NS:ITC), which rose 1.75 percent or 5.55 points to trade at 323.15 at the end of the session, did the best on the Nifty 50. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) went up 1.69%, or 14.15 points, to end at 851.95, and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) went up 1.67%, or 40.15 points, to 2,444.35.
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Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which fell 2.84% or 9.40 points to close at 321.95, did the worst of the day’s stocks. Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) fell 2.31%, or 497.75 points, to end at 21,088.40, and Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (NS:HROM) fell 1.79%, or 51.50 points, to 2,825.15.
The best performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC), which went up 1.75% to 2,445.45, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC), which went up 1.72% to close at 323.00, and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART), which went up 1.49% to close at 1,940.05.
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) lost 1.19% to end the day at 8,920.10, and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) lost 1.04% to end the day at 1,099.50. Reliance Industries Ltd. (BO:RELI) was the worst performer, dropping 1.19% to 2,529.80.
On the India National Stock Exchange, more stocks went down than up, 1024 to 823, and 49 stayed the same. On the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1705 stocks went up, 1586 went down, and 133 stayed the same.
ITC Ltd. (NS:ITC) shares hit their highest level in five years, going up 1.75 percent, or $5.55, to $323.15. ITC Ltd. (BO:ITC) shares hit their highest level in five years, going up 1.72%, or $5.45, to $323.00.
The India VIX, which is a measure of how volatile Nifty 50 options are expected to be, went down by 1.62% to 19.55.
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Gold Futures for December delivery went up 0.45%, or $7.65, to $1,716.95 per troy ounce. Crude oil for delivery in October went up 2.03%, or 1.76, to $88.37 a barrel, and the November Brent oil contract went up 1.88%, or 1.74, to $94.10 a barrel.
EUR/INR went up 0.76 percent to 79.83, while USD/INR went up 0.20 percent to 79.84.
At 109.29, the US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.35%.
