Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Public Sector Undertakings and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.40%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 3.08% or 37.75 points to trade at 1265.20 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 2.38% or 40.00 points to end at 1723.80 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 2.00% or 22.55 points to 1148.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which lost 2.93% or 48.70 points to trade at 1610.90 in late trade. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) declined 2.65% or 3.30 points to end at 121.25 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) shed 1.81% or 44.90 points to 2435.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 3.08% to 1265.10, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 2.34% to settle at 1723.20 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 0.65% to close at 3288.15.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 2.69% to 121.25 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 2.47% to settle at 203.25 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.71% to 812.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1159 to 623 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1697 fell and 1526 advanced, while 100 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.04% to 16.1475.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.01% or 0.25 to $1810.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.32% or 0.96 to hit $73.72 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.08 to trade at $76.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 74.982, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 85.0070.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 96.035.