Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, IT and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.14%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 2.82% or 4.90 points to trade at 178.65 at the close. Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) added 2.01% or 43.25 points to end at 2198.55 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) was up 2.00% or 60.45 points to 3085.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which lost 4.34% or 770.75 points to trade at 16971.20 in late trade. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) declined 3.24% or 6.40 points to end at 191.25 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) shed 2.60% or 9.35 points to 349.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 1.63% to 2191.10, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 1.57% to settle at 577.85 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 1.56% to close at 4903.30.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 4.42% to 16967.75 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 3.39% to settle at 191.00 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 2.22% to 823.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1053 to 548 and 106 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1697 rose and 1014 declined, while 170 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.02% to 19.8175.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.60 to $1806.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.90% or 0.41 to hit $45.30 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.32 to trade at $48.11 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.11% to 73.916, while EUR/INR rose 0.21% to 88.1300.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 91.938.