a security guard walks past the logo of the national stock exchange nse inside its building in mumbai india may 28 2019 reutersfrancis mascarenhasfile photofile photo bengaluru aug 19 reuters  indian shares edged higher on friday as gains across tech stocks offset losses in the banking sector while global markets were mixed over recession worries in europe the nse nifty 50 index nsei was up 007 at 179765 as of 0355 gmt while the sp bse sensex bsesn edged up 009 at 6035029 india on thursday raised taxes on fuel exports after cutting them a little over two weeks ago and slashed a windfall tax on locally produced crude oil according to a government notification read more oil producer oil and natural gas corp ongcns and miner vedanta ltd vdanns were up 13 and 05 respectively the nifty it index niftyit was up nearly 1 while the nifty bank index nsebank fell 026 asian shares were left in limbo while the us dollar made all the running as recession clouds loomed over europe highlighting the relative outperformance of the us economy mscis broadest index of asiapacific shares outside japan miapj0000pus eased 03 and chinese blue chips csi300 were flat while south korea ks11 lost 05 japans nikkei n225 fared better with a 03 gain due in part to a renewed slide in the yen reporting by tanvi mehta in bengaluru editing by dhanya ann thoppil