Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN), which rose 4.42% or 32.30 points to trade at 762.50 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 1.80% or 70.25 points to end at 3968.15 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) was up 1.77% or 2.15 points to 123.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which lost 2.66% or 91.85 points to trade at 3364.40 in late trade. AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) declined 2.57% or 19.00 points to end at 721.70 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) shed 2.09% or 50.50 points to 2363.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 1.84% to 3969.25, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.64% to settle at 1928.20 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 1.32% to close at 2044.75.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 2.66% to 3364.80 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 2.54% to settle at 721.60 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 2.13% to 2364.50 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1071 to 721 and 23 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1989 rose and 1300 declined, while 95 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.90% to 16.5550.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 1.05 to $1822.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.10% or 0.90 to hit $83.02 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.21% or 1.02 to trade at $85.49 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.19% to 74.111, while EUR/INR rose 0.23% to 84.8925.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.780.