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India shares lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.03%

Published 06/05/2016, 08:45 pm
India shares lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.03%
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Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.13%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which rose 4.95% or 18.10 points to trade at 383.85 at the close. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL) added 3.26% or 4.00 points to end at 126.75 and Tata Power Co. Ltd (NS:TTPW) was up 2.70% or 1.90 points to 72.20 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY), which lost 2.16% or 63.25 points to trade at 2866.30 in late trade. Wipro Ltd . (NS:WIPR) declined 1.84% or 10.00 points to end at 533.10 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) shed 1.74% or 3.45 points to 194.55.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which rose 4.99% to 384.15, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was up 3.17% to settle at 126.75 and Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which gained 2.56% to close at 72.10.

The worst performers were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 2.14% to 2868.20 in late trade, Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which lost 1.92% to settle at 532.60 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 1.21% to 208.30 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 804 to 618 and 72 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 897 fell and 636 advanced, while 72 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.

The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.30% to 16.9475.

In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.85% or 10.85 to $1283.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.52% or 0.23 to hit $44.09 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.62% or 0.28 to trade at $44.73 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.03% to 66.596, while EUR/INR rose 0.14% to 76.0370.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 93.65.

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