Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Saturday, as losses in the Technology, IT and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.47%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which rose 5.23% or 377.15 points to trade at 7,590.00 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 2.71% or 30.40 points to end at 1,151.00 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 2.04% or 7.80 points to 390.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which lost 5.89% or 82.95 points to trade at 1,325.00 in late trade. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 3.00% or 42.55 points to end at 1,374.80 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) shed 2.53% or 30.15 points to 1,159.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which unchanged 0.00% to 2,949.55, Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was unchanged 0.00% to settle at 1,043.10 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which unchanged 0.00% to close at 7,085.15.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was unchanged 0.00% to 2,949.55 in late trade, Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which unchanged 0.00% to settle at 1,043.10 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was unchanged 0.00% to 7,085.15 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.55% to 13.86.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.02% or 0.40 to $2,018.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.12% or 0.87 to hit $78.23 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.52% or 1.25 to trade at $83.68 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 83.12, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 90.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 103.26.