Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which rose 6.98% or 222.85 points to trade at 3402.45 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 4.65% or 30.90 points to end at 700.50 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 3.77% or 38.45 points to 1062.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 2.98% or 9.50 points to trade at 308.55 in late trade. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) declined 2.45% or 7.10 points to end at 282.15 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) shed 2.40% or 14.90 points to 606.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 6.76% to 3406.40, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 4.02% to settle at 1178.25 and Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which gained 3.25% to close at 292.05.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 3.00% to 308.45 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 2.49% to settle at 281.95 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 2.29% to 606.35 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 942 to 653 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1362 fell and 1135 advanced, while 142 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.89% to 12.9375 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.41% or 5.50 to $1343.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.38% or 0.26 to hit $68.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.25 to trade at $74.03 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 66.075, while EUR/INR fell 0.11% to 81.2295.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 89.89.