India Stock Market Update

Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Public Sector Undertakings, Oil & Gas, and Banking sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.17%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.24%.

Top Performers

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were:
– Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN): +0.97% (70.10 points) to 7,315.00
– Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN): +0.87% (28.25 points) to 3,266.50
– JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL): +0.60% (5.55 points) to 931.00

On the BSE Sensex 30, the top performers were:
– Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN): +1.22% to 7,331.50
– Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN): +0.80% to 3,263.60
– JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL): +0.79% to 932.35

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– State Bank Of India (NS:SBI): -4.26% (34.85 points) to 783.90
– Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL): -2.34% (8.45 points) to 352.25
– ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK): -2.14% (26.50 points) to 1,209.45

On the BSE Sensex 30, the worst performers were:
– State Bank Of India (BO:SBI): -4.23% to 783.95
– NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC): -2.12% to 395.00
– ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK): -2.09% to 1,210.05

Market Statistics

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1795 to 653 and 22 ended unchanged;
on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2399 fell, 1381 advanced, while 89 ended unchanged.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.49% to 15.13.

Commodities Update

• Gold Futures for December delivery: +0.23% (5.85) to $2,548.95 a troy ounce.
• Crude Oil for delivery in October: +0.46% (0.32) to $69.47 a barrel.
• November Brent Oil contract: +0.47% (0.34) to $73.03 a barrel.

Currency Update

• USD/INR was down 0.03% to 83.96.
• EUR/INR fell 0.06% to 93.27.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 100.97.