Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.45%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which rose 1.70% or 5.20 points to trade at 311.95 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 1.18% or 43.10 points to end at 3681.10 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) was up 1.16% or 9.30 points to 808.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 3.47% or 3.90 points to trade at 108.75 in late trade. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) declined 3.26% or 20.45 points to end at 607.70 and Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) shed 3.09% or 8.50 points to 267.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 1.05% to 3678.40, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 0.91% to settle at 807.65 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 0.75% to close at 141.35.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 3.29% to 108.70 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 2.85% to settle at 1410.10 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 2.75% to 79.55 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 840 to 731 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1318 fell and 1102 advanced, while 150 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.10% to 14.9525.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.35% or 4.95 to $1416.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $59.45 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $65.64 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.06% to 68.996, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 78.5475.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 95.640.