Sectorally, buying was seen in utilities, power, realty, and public sector stocks while selling was seen in IT, banks and oil & gas. Stocks that were in focus include names like Intellect Design Arena which rose by about 20%, Ajanta Pharma gained more than 4% and NCC closed with gains of over 7% to a fresh 52-week high on Friday.
RBI does dollar/rupee swap for $5 billion, injects liquidity
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted a dollar-rupee buy/sell swap for $5 billion on Friday, with the transaction to be reversed on August 4.