Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.45%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 4.22% or 16.25 points to trade at 400.00 at the close. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 3.13% or 10.80 points to end at 358.10 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was up 4.08% or 895.40 points to 22753.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which lost 4.07% or 9.85 points to trade at 232.00 in late trade. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 2.85% or 20.30 points to end at 693.20 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) shed 2.18% or 37.55 points to 1682.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 3.74% to 399.60, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 2.35% to settle at 117.80 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which gained 2.27% to close at 142.15.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 2.89% to 693.15 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 2.20% to settle at 2070.55 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 2.14% to 1682.95 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 813 to 730 and 87 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1262 fell and 1175 advanced, while 174 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.68% to 14.8725 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.47% or 6.95 to $1470.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.41% or 0.24 to hit $58.34 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $63.88 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 71.755, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 79.3680.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.910.