Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.51%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART), which rose 2.21% or 48.05 points to trade at 2,226.35 at the close. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) added 1.92% or 137.35 points to end at 7,309.10 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 1.84% or 6.00 points to 331.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which lost 4.11% or 73.90 points to trade at 1,722.70 in late trade. Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) declined 3.19% or 626.85 points to end at 19,002.00 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) shed 2.93% or 33.65 points to 1,114.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which rose 2.18% to 2,226.70, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was up 1.81% to settle at 7,299.40 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 1.01% to close at 2,835.30.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 3.12% to 19,008.95 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 2.96% to settle at 1,114.40 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.94% to 1,341.35 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1149 to 747 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1848 fell and 1471 advanced, while 140 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.51% to 13.09.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.09% or 20.10 to $1,831.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.43% or 1.91 to hit $76.58 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.31% or 1.97 to trade at $83.17 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.14% to 82.82, while EUR/INR fell 0.12% to 88.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 104.39.