Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Technology and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.49%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 3.09% or 24.80 points to trade at 827.85 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) added 1.94% or 3.60 points to end at 188.70 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) was up 1.68% or 2.10 points to 127.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which lost 3.42% or 608.95 points to trade at 17177.80 in late trade. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) declined 2.40% or 175.75 points to end at 7162.30 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) shed 2.06% or 66.80 points to 3177.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 3.05% to 827.45, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 1.38% to settle at 4953.20 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which gained 1.24% to close at 7487.35.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 3.45% to 17175.00 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 2.39% to settle at 7159.40 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 2.22% to 672.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 914 to 772 and 77 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1730 rose and 1340 declined, while 164 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.48% to 17.2100.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.17% or 3.05 to $1753.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.81% or 0.61 to hit $74.42 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.57% or 0.45 to trade at $77.86 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 74.128, while EUR/INR fell 0.03% to 85.8620.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.227.