Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Green Energy and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.44%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which rose 1.36% or 3.05 points to trade at 227.00 at the close. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) added 1.18% or 2.60 points to end at 223.35 and HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) was up 0.95% or 15.60 points to 1,659.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL), which lost 3.83% or 101.55 points to trade at 2,548.20 in late trade. Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) declined 2.83% or 81.15 points to end at 2,785.00 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) shed 2.77% or 166.45 points to 5,846.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which rose 1.20% to 223.40, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was up 1.02% to settle at 1,660.80 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 0.87% to close at 2,715.55.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 3.84% to 2,548.35 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 2.79% to settle at 2,788.10 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 2.57% to 5,857.90 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1175 to 730 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1837 fell and 1514 advanced, while 164 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.24% to 13.79 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.35% or 6.65 to $1,930.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.29% or 0.23 to hit $80.84 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.21 to trade at $86.37 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 81.18, while EUR/INR unchanged 0.00% to 87.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 101.99.