Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Durables and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.44% to hit a new 52-week low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 2.57% or 135.65 points to trade at 5,419.55 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) added 2.47% or 282.95 points to end at 11,754.85 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 1.60% or 8.75 points to 554.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which lost 6.04% or 124.50 points to trade at 1,936.45 in late trade. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 4.05% or 17.10 points to end at 405.20 and Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) shed 3.56% or 666.10 points to 18,045.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 2.63% to 5,422.70, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was up 2.47% to settle at 11,758.40 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.43% to close at 688.10.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 6.06% to 1,935.35 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 4.07% to settle at 405.20 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 3.35% to 4,143.55 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1297 to 532 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2164 fell and 1048 advanced, while 93 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.48% to 22.76.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.07% or 1.25 to $1,848.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.30% or 0.35 to hit $117.94 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.53 to trade at $120.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 78.06, while EUR/INR fell 0.10% to 82.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 104.10.