Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, IT and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.07%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 3.76% or 7.60 points to trade at 209.55 at the close. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) added 3.01% or 7.55 points to end at 258.25 and Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) was up 2.50% or 130.15 points to 5,345.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which lost 1.96% or 31.70 points to trade at 1,582.85 in late trade. HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) declined 1.82% or 30.45 points to end at 1,642.70 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) shed 1.53% or 5.80 points to 373.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 3.96% to 210.00, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 3.05% to settle at 258.25 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 1.51% to close at 5,587.50.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 1.75% to 1,584.15 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 1.72% to settle at 1,644.80 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 1.27% to 1,103.25 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1010 to 942 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1756 rose and 1642 declined, while 166 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.59% to 10.14 a new all time low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.37% or 7.15 to $1,952.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.22% or 0.18 to hit $79.91 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.27 to trade at $83.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.17% to 82.24, while EUR/INR rose 0.26% to 90.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 101.39.